Jane

History

Jane was an unincorporated community for many years, but incorporated in 2005 after a petition drive of local residents, in order to block possible annexation by Pineville, to the northwest. Pineville had greatly expanded its city limits with the opening of the widened U.S. Route 71 (US 71), later commissioned as Interstate 49, to its west. In 2006, the village of Jane expanded southward from its original boundaries to include a large section of US 71, at the behest of the McDonald County planning commission. It now extends south to within a of the Arkansas state line, abutting the unincorporated community of Caverna, and running primarily along the US 71 corridor. Jane previously had the ZIP Code of 64846 but now shares the ZIP Code of 64856 with Pineville, the county seat of McDonald County. Rural delivery is managed from the post office in Anderson.

Geography

Jane is in southern McDonald County on Missouri Route 90 at its intersection with US 71. The original settlement is approximately east on an older alignment of US 71. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the village of Jane has an area of , all land. The village is drained by tributaries of Little Sugar Creek, which flows northwest to form the Elk River at Pineville.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,825
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,561
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  1,552
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  1,472
• Eastern Bluebird

  Sialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,349
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,335
• Downy Woodpecker

  Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,281
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  1,228

Largest nearby schools

• MCDONALD COUNTY HIGH
  High · ANDERSON · 1,051 students · 15:1 ratio
• WHITE ROCK ELEM.
  Elementary · PINEVILLE · 360 students · 12.4:1 ratio
• NOEL ELEM.
  Middle · NOEL · 359 students · 13.8:1 ratio
• ANDERSON MIDDLE
  Middle · ANDERSON · 234 students · 15.6:1 ratio
• PINEVILLE ELEM.
  Middle · NOEL · 121 students · 10.1:1 ratio
• PINEVILLE PRIMARY
  Elementary · ANDERSON · 100 students · 12.5:1 ratio