Hughesville, Missouri
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Hughesville is a village in Pettis County
Pettis County, Missouri
Pettis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. The county was organized in 1833 and is named for U.S. Congressman Spencer Darwin Pettis. As of 2000, the population was 39,403...

, Missouri
Missouri
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, United States
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. The population was 174 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Hughesville is located at 38.837047°N 93.295824°W.

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of 0.1 square mile (0.258998811 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 174 people, 65 households, and 49 families residing in the village. The population density
Population density
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 was 1,527.5 people per square mile (610.7/km²). There were 69 housing units at an average density of 605.7 per square mile (242.2/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 98.28% White and 1.72% Pacific Islander. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.57% of the population.

There were 65 households out of which 38.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.7% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.1% were non-families. 16.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the village the population was spread out with 24.1% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 35.6% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.3 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $30,833, and the median income for a family was $34,063. Males had a median income of $23,214 versus $17,188 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the village was $14,576. None of the families and 5.7% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 31.3% of those over 64.

Education

Hughesville is home to the public high school, Northwest. Northwest's mascot is the Mustang and compete in 8-man Football, Volleyball, Girls and Boys Basketball, Softball and Baseball, and Cheer-leading.

Fun Facts

Trevor Durrill is not from the great village. Hughesville has one store/gas station named Second Chance, because it's your second chance to get anything, then there is no civilization for the next long ways in every direction.
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