Nixa, Missouri
Christian County
29-52616
Nixa is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Christian County in the southwest of the U.S. state of Missouri. In 2010, the city had 19,022 inhabitants.
Nixa is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Springfield.
Geography
Nixa is surrounded by the Ozarks south of Springfield, the center of the region. The city is located at 37 ° 02'36 Nixa " north latitude and 93 ° 17'40 " west longitude and extending 15.9 km ².
Neighboring towns are Springfield (22,7 km north from the city center ), Fremont Hills (7.3 km north-east ), Ozark ( 9.4 km east-southeast ), Highlandville (13,9 km to the south), Clever (17,2 km to the west ) and Battlefield (16,9 km to the northwest ).
The closest major cities next to Springfield are Kansas City (303 km north- north-west ), Missouri's capital Jefferson City (242 km north- north-east ), St. Louis (370 km northeast), Memphis, Tennessee ( 445 km southeast), Arkansas ' capital Little Rock ( 328 km SSE ), Tulsa, Oklahoma (303 km southwest) and Wichita ( 414 km west-northwest ).
Traffic
A few kilometers westlilch of Nixa runs the freeway developed U.S. Highway 65 from Springfield to Branson. Through the town center runs in a north -south U.S. Highway 160, 13 and 14 hits in the urban area on the Missouri State Routes.
To the east of the urban area then located with the Air Park South is a small airfield. The closest major airports are the Springfield -Branson National Airport ( 32.8 km north west ) and the Branson Airport ( 66.6 km to the south).
History
In the mid-19th century, the first white farmer came to the region. In today's urban area, a small settlement, which also served as a resting place for travelers arose.
One of the leaders of the settlers was the blacksmith Nicholas A. Inman, who had come in 1852 from Tennessee. He opened with a partner in the neighboring town of Ozark a forge. His family residence was located a few kilometers west of the present city of Nixa. The settlement grew, more settlers and businessmen moved to the place and a post office was opened. The inhabitants decided to give their settlement a name. From First and middle names of the new toponym Nixa was formed.
In 1902, the place of status "Village" was officially awarded.
The economy was based mainly on the beginning of agriculture. Small industries developed gradually from the processing of agricultural products. Thus arose a number of mills, dairies and Schlachbetrieben. In 1924 a cooperative cheese factory, which was taken during the Great Depression of the Wilson Packing Company.
Despite the crisis, the population grew from Nixa fact that the city has become a suburb of the nearby city Springfield. The nearby Branson offers a number of jobs in the service sector to the residents of Nixa, which lies between the two cities.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Nixa 19,022 people in 6745 households. The population density was 1196.4 people per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 94.4 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 3.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
In the 6745 households lived statistically 2.66 per person.
28.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.3 percent were 65 years or older. 52.6 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 50,702. The per capita income was $ 22,166. 10.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.