Harrisonville, Missouri

Harrisonville, Missouri
City
Location in the state of Missouri
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Cass
Government
• Mayor	Kevin W. Wood
Area
• Total	8.7 sq mi (22.6 km2)
• Land	8.6 sq mi (22.4 km2)
• Water	0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation	951 ft (290 m)
Population
• Total	10,019
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	64701
Area code	816
FIPS code	29-30610Template:GR
GNIS feature ID	0719166Template:GR
Website	http://ci.harrisonville.mo.us/

Harrisonville is a city in Cass County, Missouri, United States. The population was 10,019 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Cass CountyTemplate:GR.

Harrisonville was found in 1837, and was named for Congressman Albert G. Harrison. The area suffered greatly during the American Civil War, though Harrisonville was one of the few places exempted in Union General Thomas Ewing's notorious General Order No. 11 (1863), which ordered the depopulation of four entire Missouri counties.

History

In 1972, Harrisonville was the site of escalating tensions between a handful of would-be hippies -- mostly Vietnam veterans—and town elders, which culminated in a brief rampage by 25-year-old Charlie "Ootney" Simpson. In the town square, in plain view of onlookers, he killed two police officers and a bystander before shooting himself. His motivation turned out to be personal, not political; he had saved money to buy a farm, but the seller had recently backed out of the deal, and Simpson had used the money to bail his friends out of jail.

Geography

Harrisonville is located at 38°39′13″N 94°20′49″W (38.653592, -94.346915)Template:GR. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.7 square miles (23 km²), of which 8.6 square miles (22 km²) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km²) (1.14%) is water.

Demographics

At the 2011 censusTemplate:GR, there were 10,019 people, 3,457 households and 2,302 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,035.2 per square mile (399.8/km²). There were 3,646 housing units at an average density of 421.9 per square mile (162.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 93.4% White, 1.1% African American, 0.66% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.39% from other races, and 2.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.41% of the population.

There were 3,457 households of which 35.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.6% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.4% were non-families. 28.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.05.

27.6% of residents were under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 87.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.8 males.

The median household income was $39,498, and the median family income was $47,761. Males had a median income of $31,931 versus $22,416 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,280. About 4.7% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.4% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.

External links

• City of Harrisonville
• Historic maps of Harrisonville in the Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection at the University of Missouri