Van Buren
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city in and county seat of Carter County, Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- County
- Carter
- Township
- Carter
- Total
- 2.00 sq mi (5.18 km )
- Land
- 2.00 sq mi (5.18 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
- Elevation
- 472 ft (144 m)
- Density
- 373.7/sq mi (144.28/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 29-75580
- Gnis feature id
- 0752687
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Named after
- Martin Van Buren
- Official name
- Van Buren
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Carter County
- Population
- 747
- Area
- 5.183898
- Elevation
- 144
- Capital of
- Carter County
- Image
- Van-Buren-Main-Street-mo.jpg
- Households
- 446
- Dialing code
- 573
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- P8168
- Scam
- inception
- 1833-00-00
- postal code
- 63965
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 14800
- Commons category
- Van Buren, Missouri
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Encyclopedic overview
Van Buren is a city in and county seat of Carter County, Missouri, United States, that is the largest city in Carter County. Van Buren was founded in 1833 as the county seat of Ripley County and was named after then Vice President of the United States, Martin Van Buren. In 1859, Van Buren became a part of the newly created Carter County and was subsequently selected to be the county seat. The 2020 U.S. census showed Van Buren with a population of 747.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Van Buren” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.