Holliday, Missouri
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Holliday is a village in Monroe County, Missouri
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, United States
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. The population was 129 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Holliday is located at 39°29′34"N 92°7′47"W (39.492854, -92.129773).

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of 0.3 square mile (0.776996433 km²), all of it land.

History

The town was laid out by John J. Holliday, great-great grandfather of former President George Herbert Walker Bush. John J. Holliday's father, Joseph Holliday, helped determine the boundaries of Monroe County and was one of its first county commissioners.

Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 129 people, 55 households, and 39 families residing in the village. The population density
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 was 496.2 people per square mile (191.6/km²). There were 74 housing units at an average density of 284.7 per square mile (109.9/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 100.00% White. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.78% of the population.

There were 55 households out of which 25.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.9% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 1.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.3% were non-families. 25.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.80.

In the village the population was spread out with 19.4% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 33.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 104.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $26,250, and the median income for a family was $34,375. Males had a median income of $26,250 versus $15,625 for females. The per capita income
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 for the village was $13,266. There were 11.1% of families and 15.3% of the population living below the poverty line, including 34.6% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.

Popular People

There are several Hollidays in the Holliday cemetery, from which the town received its name.

Jeff Thomann, local Missouri artist, was raised in Holliday Missouri until he reached 8th grade.

Holliday has produced one Major League Baseball
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 player...Chicago White Sox
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 outfielder
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 Guy Curtright
Guy Curtright
Guy Paxton Curtright was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox . He was born in Holliday, Missouri....

(b. October 18, 1912)
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