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Carterville
Missouricity
Carterville
Total population
2,074
Median home value
$97,600
Bachelor's+
Median income
$58,849
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Carterville is a city in Jasper County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,855 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Joplin, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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History
While one James Carter settled in Jasper County in 1841, the land on which Carterville was built was originally owned by his son, James Gilbert Leroy Carter, who created a farm in the 1860’s. The town considers itself founded in 1875, when a post office called Carterville opened that year. However, the settlement was not officially incorporated until 1882. That operation was absorbed in 1892 by the Southwest Missouri Electric Railway Company, later the Southwest Missouri Railroad Company, and by 1894 an electrified streetcar line linked Carterville to Webb City and Joplin in one direction, and Prosperity in the other. The town began its decline in size after World War I, when the mining industry began to dry up.
Geography
Carterville's main street is the former U.S. Route 66. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.
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Recent natural events nearby
- Wildfire BISON, Osage, OklahomaWildfires · 2026-08-21 · 106 mi
- Wildfire B.B, Osage, OklahomaWildfires · 2026-08-06 · 113 mi
- Wildfire WRIGHT, Hughes, OklahomaWildfires · 2026-08-29 · 162 mi
- Wildfire Snake Mountain, Pushmataha, OklahomaWildfires · 2026-08-14 · 189 mi
- Wildfire Alexander Trail Fire, Pushmataha, OklahomaWildfires · 2026-08-30 · 191 mi
- Wildfire Alexander Trail, Pushmataha, OklahomaWildfires · 2026-08-30 · 191 mi
- Wildfire Buck Creek, Pushmataha, OklahomaWildfires · 2026-08-25 · 196 mi
- Wildfire Tram Trail, Pushmataha, OklahomaWildfires · 2026-09-14 · 205 mi
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • NASA EONET