Maryville

History

Maryville was platted on September 1, 1845. Maryville's name originates from the town's first postmaster, Amos Graham. Graham was one of the original settlers of what would later become downtown Maryville, and the city was named after his wife, Mary. In addition to his above historical role, Graham was also one of the original Nodaway County Commissioners and served as the first county clerk when the county was formally organized in 1845. Maryville, which is near the geographic center of Nodaway County, was also named the county seat in the same year. It has also been stylized as Marysville. The first house in Maryville was built by Jack (John) Saunders, who was a large slave owner. The first courthouse was built in 1846. Formerly, county government affairs would be held in the home of an early settler, I.N. Prather. An updated courthouse was constructed in 1853, the second of only three in the city's history. The current courthouse was built in 1881 with a design by Edmond Jacques Eckel and George R. Mann. Mann would later go on to design the Arkansas State Capitol. The courthouse is currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is adorned with a sculpture of a pineapple, the sign of welcome. The original court complex included one of the country's only rotary jails. The jail was torn down in 1984 and replaced with a new structure on the same site. The city was incorporated in 1856, annulled in 1857, reincorporated in 1859, annulled during the Civil War, reincorporated in 1869, disincoporated again in 1869 and finally formally incorporated on July 19, 1869, when the Kansas City, St. Joseph, and Council Bluffs Railroad (later acquired by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad) arrived. The Wabash Railroad arrived in 1879. In 1894 Mary…

Geography

Maryville is located approximately north of the St. Joseph and southwest of Bedford, Iowa. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  416
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  365
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  311
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  256
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  240
• Northern Flicker

  Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  215
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  214
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  211

Largest nearby schools

• MARYVILLE HIGH
  High · MARYVILLE · 506 students · 15.8:1 ratio
• MARYVILLE MIDDLE
  Middle · MARYVILLE · 442 students · 12.6:1 ratio
• EUGENE FIELD ELEM.
  Elementary · MARYVILLE · 318 students · 10.3:1 ratio
• EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
  Elementary · MARYVILLE · 120 students · 10:1 ratio
• NORTH NODAWAY ELEM.
  Elementary · PICKERING · 104 students · 9.5:1 ratio
• MARYVILLE TREATMENT CENTER
  High · MARYVILLE
• NORTHWEST TECHNICAL SCH.
  High · MARYVILLE

Most recent

• M 2.6 — 2018-07-20
  1 km WNW of Saint Joseph, Missouri
• M 3.6 — 2009-12-17
  2 km NW of Auburn, Nebraska
• M 3.5 — 2004-07-16
  6 km SSE of Riverton, Iowa