Winston is a village in Daviess County, Missouri

Missouri

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, United States

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. The population was 247 at the 2000 census.

History

The village of Winston is named for General

General

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 Joseph W. Winston, son of Colonel

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 Joseph Winston

Joseph Winston

Col. Joseph Winston was an American pioneer, planter and Revolutionary War hero from North Carolina, and the first cousin of statesman and Virginia governor Patrick Henry...

, an American Revolutionary War

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 soldier and patriot for whom the city of Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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, is partly named. Major Winston's son Joseph W. served in the War of 1812

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 and was later appointed a Major General

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 in the North Carolina

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 militia forces. He came to the Platte Purchase

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 territory in Missouri in 1838, where he and his wife settled seven miles southeast of Platte City

Platte City, Missouri

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.

Geography

Winston is located at 39.870925°N 94.141014°W.

According to the United States Census Bureau

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, the village has a total area of 0.3 square mile (0.776996433 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census

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of 2000, there were 247 people, 97 households, and 67 families residing in the village. The population density

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 was 798.8 people per square mile (307.6/km²). There were 111 housing units at an average density of 359.0 per square mile (138.2/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.98% White and 2.02% Native American. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.62% of the population.

There were 97 households out of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.6% were married couples

Marriage

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 living together, 14.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.9% were non-families. 27.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the village the population was spread out with 27.5% under the age of 18, 11.3% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 25.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 79.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.0 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $30,125, and the median income for a family was $32,917. Males had a median income of $28,125 versus $19,375 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

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 for the village was $13,283. About 7.7% of families and 8.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.5% of those under the age of eighteen and 7.1% of those sixty five or over.