Carthage
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city in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- County
- Jasper
- Type
- Mayor-council government
- Mayor
- David B. Flanigan
- City administrator
- Traci Cox
- Missouri senate
- Jill Carter ( R )
- Missouri house
- Cathy Jo Loy
- U s congress
- Eric Burlison
- Total
- 11.95 sq mi (30.96 km )
- Land
- 11.91 sq mi (30.84 km )
- Water
- 0.046 sq mi (0.12 km )
- Elevation
- 1,040 ft (320 m)
- Density
- 1,303.7/sq mi (503.38/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 29-11656
- Website
- http://carthagemo.gov/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Carthage
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Jasper County
- Population
- 15522
- Area
- 30.269168
- Elevation
- 306
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Capital of
- Jasper County
- Official website
- carthagemo.gov
- Image
- CMC Fountain and Statue 01.jpg
- Households
- 5209
- Dialing code
- 417
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- postal code
- 64836
- Commons category
- Carthage, Missouri
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Carthage, Missouri
- inception
- 1842-01-01
- P8168
- Sétif Province
- water as percent of area
- 0.3167
- different from
- Carthage
- per capita income
- 20241
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Carthage is a city in Jasper County, Missouri, United States. The population was 15,522 as of the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Jasper County and is nicknamed "America's Maple Leaf City."
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carthage” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.