Marthasville, Missouri

Marthasville, Missouri
Location of Marthasville, Missouri
Location of Marthasville, Missouri
Coordinates: 38°37′50″N 91°3′32″W / 38.63056°N 91.05889°W / 38.63056; -91.05889
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyWarren
Area
 • Total0.86 sq mi (2.22 km2)
 • Land0.85 sq mi (2.21 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation
561 ft (171 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total1,245
 • Density1,457.85/sq mi (562.84/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
63357
Area code636
FIPS code29-46424[2]
GNIS feature ID0721912[3]

Marthasville is a city in Warren County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,136 at the 2010 census. The Katy Trail, a 240-mile long bike path, passes through Marthasville.

The original graves of Daniel Boone and his wife were located near there.[4] In 1845, Boone's remains were disinterred and moved to Kentucky for burial. Resentment in Missouri about the disinterment grew over the years, and a legend arose that Boone's remains never left Missouri.

Because of the many wineries from here east to Defiance, Marthasville is considered to mark one end of the "Missouri Weinstrasse".

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 369.