Conception, Missouri

Census-designated place in Missouri, United States

40°14′28″N 94°40′50″W / 40.24111°N 94.68056°W / 40.24111; -94.68056CountryUnited StatesStateMissouriCountyNodawayArea

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• Total0.76 sq mi (1.97 km²) • Land0.75 sq mi (1.94 km²) • Water0.01 sq mi (0.03 km²)Elevation

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1,063 ft (324 m)Population

(2020)

• Total111 • Density148.00/sq mi (57.17/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code

64433^[3]

Area code660FIPS code29-15886GNIS feature ID2587060^[2]

Conception is a census-designated place in eastern Nodaway County, Missouri, United States.^[4] It is located about 11 mi (18 km) southeast of Maryville on U.S. Route 136. It is very near Conception Junction (which was the rail intersection). Conception is home to Conception Abbey.

History

Conception was built up chiefly by Irish Catholics.^[5] The community was named for the Catholic dogma of Immaculate Conception.^[6] A post office called Conception has been in operation since 1864.^[7] Conception has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.^[8]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	111		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[9]

References

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Conception, Missouri
^ "Conception MO ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Conception, Missouri
^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 27.
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 336.
^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
^ Parker, Quentin (2010). Welcome to Horneytown, North Carolina, Population: 15: An insider's guide to 201 of the world's weirdest and wildest places. Adams Media. pp. ix. ISBN 9781440507397.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.