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Missouri, USA

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Missouri (pronounced mɪˈzʊɹi or mɪˈzʊɹə) is a state located in the Midwestern United States. It is bordered by eight states Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. Missouri was originally purchased from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase. The Missouri Territory was admitted into the union as the 24th state in 1821. The state has 114 counties and one independent city.



St. Louis, a large city in Missouri is known as the "Gateway to the West" because it served as a departure point for settlers heading to the west as well as the starting point and the return destination of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It is a state with both Midwestern and Southern cultural influences, reflecting its history as a border state between the two regions. The state is named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe whose Illinois name, ouemessourita (wimihsoorita), (meaning "those who have dugout canoes". The confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers is located in Missouri.



History



Originally part of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, Missouri was admitted as a state in 1821 as part of the Missouri Compromise. It earned the nickname "Gateway to the West" because it served as a departure point for settlers heading to the west. It was the starting point and the return destination of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.



Originally the state's western border was a straight line, defined as the meridian passing through the Kawsmouth, the point where the Kansas River enters the Missouri River. The river has moved since this designation. This line is known as the Osage Boundary. In 1835 the Platte Purchase was added to the northwest corner of the state after purchasing the land from the native tribes, making the Missouri River the border north of the Kansas River. This addition made what was already the largest state in the Union at the time (about 66,500 square miles to Virginia's 65,000 square miles (which included West Virginia at the time) even larger.



Many of the early settlers in western Missouri came from the southern states, and along with them came the institution of slavery. In the area of Independence and areas just north of there, Mormon settlers began arriving in the early 1830s. It wasn't long before conflict arose between the 'old'settlers' (mainly from the south originally) and the Mormons mainly from the north and Canada. The 'Mormon War' erupted and by 1839 the Mormons had been expelled from Missouri. In 1838-1839 a border dispute with Iowa over the so-called Honey Lands resulted in both states calling up militias along the border.



After the secession of Southern states began, the MO legislature called for the election of its own special convention on secession. The convention voted decisively to remain within the Union, but pro-Southern Governor Claiborne F. Jackson ordered the mobilization of several hundred members of the state militia who had gathered in a camp in St. Louis for training. Union General Nathaniel Lyon struck first, encircling the peaceful camp and forcing the state troops to surrender. Lyon then directed his soldiers, largely non-English-speaking German immigrants, marched the prisoners through the streets then opened fire on the largely hostile crowds of civilians who gathered around them, killing unarmed prisoners as well as men, women and children of St. Louis in an incident that became known as the "St. Louis Massacre."



These events caused greater Confederate support within the state. Governor Jackson appointed Sterling Price, president of the convention on secession, as head of the new Missouri State Guard. Jackson and Price were forced to flee the state capital of Jefferson City on June 14, 1861, in the face of Lyon's rapid advance against the state government. In the town of Neosho, Missouri, Jackson called the state legislature into session where they enacted a secession ordinance that was recognized by the Confederacy on October 30, 1861. With the elected governor absent from his capital and the legislators largely dispersed, Union forces installed an unelected pro-Union provisional government with Hamilton Gamble as provisional governor. President Lincoln's Administration immediately recognized Gamble's government as the legal government, which provided both pro-Union militia forces for service within the state and volunteer regiments for the Union Army.



Fighting ensued between Union forces and a combined army of General Price's Missouri State Guard and Confederate troops from Arkansas and Texas under General Ben McCulloch. After winning victories at the battle of Wilson's Creek and the siege of Lexington, Missouri and losses elsewhere, the Confederate forces had little choice but to retreat to Arkansas and later Marshall, Texas, in the face of a largely reinforced Union Army. Though regular Confederate troops staged large-scale raids into Missouri, the fighting in the state for the next three years consisted mainly of guerrilla warfare conducted by citizen soldiers such as Colonel William Quantrill, Frank and Jesse James, the Younger brothers, and William T. Anderson. Such small unit tactics pioneered by the Missouri Partisan Rangers were also seen elsewhere in occupied portions of the Confederacy during and after the Civil War.



Demography



In 2006, Missouri had an estimated population of 5,842,713; an increase of 45,010 (0.8 percent) from the prior year and an increase of 246,030 (4.4 percent) since the year 2000. This includes a natural increase of 137,564 people since the last census (480,763 births less 343,199 deaths), and an increase of 88,088 people due to net migration into the state. Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 50,450 people, and migration within the country produced a net increase of 37,638 people.



The center of population of Missouri is located in Osage County, in the city of Westphalia .



As of 2004, the population included 194,000 foreign-born (3.4 percent of the state population).



The five largest ancestry groups in Missouri are: German (23.5 percent), Irish (12.7 percent), American (10.5 percent), English (9.5 percent), French (3.5 percent). "American" includes those reported as Native American or African American.



German Americans are an ancestry group present throughout Missouri. In southern Missouri, most residents are of British ancestry. The northern edge of the state also has a high proportion of residents of British Americans. African Americans are a substantial part of the population in St. Louis, Kansas City, and in the southeastern bootheel and some parts of the Missouri River Valley, where plantation agriculture was once important. Missouri Creoles of French ancestry are concentrated in the Mississippi River valley south of St. Louis. The State has a Small Bosniak community mostly living in the St.Louis area



In 2004, 6.6 percent of the state's population was reported as younger than 5 years old, 25.5 percent younger than 18, and 13.5 percent was 65 or older. Females were approximately 51.4 percent of the population. 81.3 percent of Missouri residents were high school graduates (more than than the national average), and 21.6 percent had a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.4 percent of Missourians were foreign-born, and 5.1 percent reported speaking a language other than English at home.



In 2000, there were 2,194,594 households in Missouri, with 2.48 people per household. The homeownership rate was 70.3 percent, and the mean value of an owner-occupied dwelling was $89,900. The median household income for 1999 was $37,934, or $19,936 per capita. There were 11.7 percent (637,891) Missourians living below the poverty line in 1999.



The mean commute time to work was 23.8 minutes.

Birth

Matches 1 to 13 of 13

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Birth		Person ID	Tree
1	Almer, William	Mar 1871	Missouri, USA	I449524	Nederlandse voorouders
2	Bowman, Clarice A.	Feb 1881	Missouri, USA	I453046	Nederlandse voorouders
3	Bowman, Elmer Kenneth	Wed 09 Aug 1882	Missouri, USA	I452795	Nederlandse voorouders
4	Brooks, Todd Edwin	Abt 1879	Missouri, USA	I451227	Nederlandse voorouders
5	Hughes, Howard Robard	Thu 09 Sep 1869	Missouri, USA	I673664	Nederlandse voorouders
6	Kaiser, William	1810	Missouri, USA	I448578	Nederlandse voorouders
7	Leimser, Victor	Feb 1885	Missouri, USA	I452115	Nederlandse voorouders
8	Nichols, Elizabeth	1877	Missouri, USA	I452991	Nederlandse voorouders
9	Paschal, Jesse H.	Feb 1858	Missouri, USA	I452133	Nederlandse voorouders
10	Racine, Jean Baptiste	Abt 1832	Missouri, USA	I450085	Nederlandse voorouders
11	Thornberg, Elizabeth Davis	Abt 1849	Missouri, USA	I452054	Nederlandse voorouders
12	Wernex, William	Sat 08 Feb 1851	Missouri, USA	I14336	Nederlandse voorouders
13	Young, Betty Lou	Thu 02 Aug 1934	Missouri, USA	I450207	Nederlandse voorouders

Death

Matches 1 to 9 of 9

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Death		Person ID	Tree
1	Albers, Hermann Heinrich	Yes, date unknown	Missouri, USA	I182615	Nederlandse voorouders
2	Fischer, Bernard Heinrich	Yes, date unknown	Missouri, USA	I176379	Nederlandse voorouders
3	Fischer, Herman	Yes, date unknown	Missouri, USA	I176305	Nederlandse voorouders
4	Fischer, Jan Willem	Aft 1883	Missouri, USA	I176299	Nederlandse voorouders
5	Fischer, Maria Aleida	Yes, date unknown	Missouri, USA	I176331	Nederlandse voorouders
6	Gumper, Milton D	Thu 23 Feb 1989	Missouri, USA	I320213	Nederlandse voorouders
7	Schulte, Grieta Aleid	Yes, date unknown	Missouri, USA	I176325	Nederlandse voorouders
8	Sloper, George Alfred	1965	Missouri, USA	I229437	Nederlandse voorouders
9	Umeki, Miyoshi	Tue 28 Aug 2007	Missouri, USA	I682155	Nederlandse voorouders