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Plato is an incorporated village[2] in northwestern Texas County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately 20 miles northwest of Houston and 10 miles south of Fort Leonard Wood on Route 32. The population was 82 at the 2020 census.[3]

Plato, Missouri
Village
Coordinates: 37°30′13″N 92°13′30″W
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyTexas
Area
  Total0.38 sq mi (0.97 km2)
  Land0.38 sq mi (0.97 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Population
 (2020)
  Total82
  Density218.67/sq mi (84.53/km2)
FIPS code29-58088
Websitewww.texascountymissouri.org

As of the 2010 U.S. Census Plato was the mean center of United States population of the distribution of the U.S. population.[4]


History


The community was founded in 1874 and is named after the ancient Greek philosopher Plato.[5]

The Bates-Geers House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[6]


Geography


According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.38 square miles (0.98 km2), all land.[7]


Demographics


Historical population
CensusPop.
2010109
202082−24.8%
U.S. Decennial Census[8]

2010 census


As of the census[9] of 2010, there were 109 people, 41 households, and 35 families residing in the village. The population density was 286.8 inhabitants per square mile (110.7/km2). There were 48 housing units at an average density of 126.3 per square mile (48.8/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 95.4% White, 1.8% African American, 1.8% Native American, and 0.9% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.6% of the population.

There were 41 households, of which 36.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.9% were married couples living together, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 7.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 14.6% were non-families. 14.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 2.83.

The median age in the village was 36.5 years. 28.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23% were from 25 to 44; 17.4% were from 45 to 64; and 23.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 49.5% male and 50.5% female.


Mean center of the United States


In March 2011 Plato was declared the 2010 mean center of United States population based on 2010 Census data.[10][11][12]

The mean center has been moving southwest through Missouri about 20 to 30 miles per decade since 1980, when it was near DeSoto. In 2000, it was pinpointed as being near Edgar Springs.


Transportation


Waynesville Regional Airport at Forney Field serves the community with air service. Even though it's on Fort Leonard Wood, it is jointly run by the cities of Waynesville and St. Robert and is available for civilian use by private pilots and scheduled commercial passenger service.


Media


The Fort Leonard Wood area has one daily and three weekly print newspapers, as well as an online internet daily newspaper. South of the post, the Houston Herald covers Texas County issues but doesn't regularly cover Plato village or school issues.

KFBD-FM and its AM sister station, KJPW, are the news radio providers in the Pulaski County area, which includes Fort Leonard Wood as well as northern Texas County. These stations compete with the only other station broadcasting from Pulaski County, KFLW Radio, owned by the Lebanon Daily Record and working locally from the St. Robert offices of the Pulaski County Mirror weekly newspaper.

The Daily Guide, commonly known as the Waynesville Daily Guide but based in St. Robert and serving all of Pulaski County, is owned by Gatehouse Media and is the central printing plant for three other Gatehouse newspapers in nearby counties, the daily Camden Lake Sun Leader and Rolla Daily News as well as the weekly St. James Leader-Journal. The Daily Guide covers school sports and the occasional big story in Plato.

The content of the weekly Fort Leonard Wood Guidon is produced under the auspices of Army Public Affairs at Fort Leonard Wood but printed under contract by the Springfield News-Leader, a Gannett-owned newspaper which produces and sells advertisements in the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. The military contract to produce the Guidon was held by the Lebanon Daily Record until the end of 2002, and before the Lebanon Daily Record had been held by the Waynesville Daily Guide for many years.


Education


Plato R-V School District
Plato R-V School District

The areas south of Fort Leonard Wood, including the unincorporated Pulaski County communities of Big Piney and Palace, are served by the Plato R-V School District, which is based in the northern Texas County village of Plato but also includes parts of Pulaski, Laclede and Wright counties. [citation needed]

Nearby school districts in Success, Manes and Gasconade, are K-8 districts which don't have a high school. Some students from those districts attend Plato High School after finishing school in their own district. [citation needed]

Fort Leonard Wood is in Pulaski County and a high percentage of military personnel live off post in surrounding communities, especially St. Robert and Waynesville but also the farther-out cities of Richland, Crocker, and Dixon, and the unincorporated communities of Laquey, Swedeborg and Devil's Elbow, all of which have a lower housing cost than nearer housing in St. Robert and Waynesville. Military personnel assigned to training areas on the south end of the post sometimes choose to live in the unincorporated areas of Big Piney and Palace in Pulaski County, or the northern Texas County communities of Plato and Roby.[citation needed]

Seven main school districts are fully or partly within the borders of Pulaski County, not counting two small districts which are mostly within other counties and only have only a few dozen residents within Pulaski County. All seven school districts have a high percentage of Fort Leonard Wood military dependents, and over two-thirds of Waynesville students fall into that category. [citation needed]


Notable person


Fort Leonard Wood is the birthplace of screenwriter Josh Senter who is known for his work on Desperate Housewives.


References


  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  2. "Boundary Changes". Geographic Change Notes: Missouri. Population Division, United States Census Bureau. 2006-05-19. Archived from the original on 2006-02-06. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
  3. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
  4. Sutter, John D. "Plato: Town at the center of America." CNN. May 17, 2011. Retrieved on May 17, 2011.
  5. "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  6. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  7. "US Gazetteer files 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2012-07-02. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
  8. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  9. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
  10. Centers of Population for the 2010 Census, U.S. Census Bureau
  11. "Missouri town hopes to be named U.S. center of population". KansasCity.com. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  12. "Attention falls on Mo. town that might be at the center of the nation". Stltoday.com. 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2011-03-18.



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[de] Plato (Missouri)

Plato ist eine Gemeinde im Nordwesten von Texas County im US-amerikanischen Bundesstaat Missouri. Plato ist etwa 30 Kilometer nördlich von Houston und 15 Kilometer südlich von Fort Leonard Wood gelegen. Die Volkszählung von 2010 ergab, dass in diesem Jahr 109 Menschen dort lebten. Gegründet wurde die Gemeinde im Jahr 1874 und wurde nach dem gleichnamigen antiken griechischen Philosophen benannt. Plato ist der Geburtsort des Drehbuchautors Josh Senter, der durch die Fernsehserie Desperate Housewives bekannt wurde. Laut Volkszählung 2010 war Plato der Bevölkerungsmittelpunkt der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika.
- [en] Plato, Missouri



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