Marceline (Missouri)

39.714444 - 92.9475Koordinaten: 39 ° 43 'N, 92 ° 57 ' W Marceline is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri. The city is a border town between the County and Linn County Chariton County. It is situated mostly in Linn County, but partly also in Chariton County. Walt Disney spent part of his childhood in Marceline Marceline and continued in the 1950s with the area Main Street, USA at Disneyland in Anaheim a nostalgic monument.

History

The city was founded in January 1888 as part of the construction of the railway line from Kansas City to Chicago by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. It was named after the first name of the wife of one of the directors of the railway line. In the summer of 1888, she already had about population of about 2,500 inhabitants. Walt Disney's family lived here for four years, during his elementary school, but the city impressed him so much that he made ​​it the backdrop of the film Lady and the Tramp. Marceline was also the inspiration for a substantial part of Disney's theme parks.

The population of Marceline was 2,221 people at the last census.