Maryville, Missouri

Maryville was platted on September 1, 1845.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1917 | page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ/page/n107 336]}}

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.[https://books.google.com/books?id=E30UAAAAYAAJ&dq=mary+graham+history+missouri&pg=RA1-PA236 A Biographical History of Nodaway and Atchison Counties Missouri], Compendium on National Biography, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1901. Retrieved September 6, 2009. 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.maryville.org/pview.aspx?id=22659&catid=507|title=Community History – Maryville, MO|website=Maryville.org|access-date=July 5, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofnodaway00nati#page/308/mode/2up|title=The history of Nodaway county, Missouri, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens|website=Archive.org|year=1882|access-date=July 5, 2016}} It has also been stylized as Marysville.{{cite web|url=https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/282723|publisher=S. Augustus Mitchell 1860|last=Gamble|first=William H.|title=County map of the states of Iowa and Missouri, 1860|website=Iowa Digital Library|access-date=May 14, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~342484~90110620:Clarks-New-Sectional-Map-of-Missou?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort&qvq=w4s:/where%2FMissouri;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=4&trs=397|publisher=J.C. Clark & Co. |title=Clark’s New Sectional Map of Missouri, 1860|website=David Rumsey Map Collection|access-date=May 15, 2025}}

The first house in Maryville was built by Jack (John) Saunders, who was a large slave owner.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E30UAAAAYAAJ&q=jack+saunders+maryville+missouri&pg=PA547 |title=A Biographical History of Nodaway and Atchison Counties, Missouri ... |year=1901 |access-date=2020-05-09}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://extension.missouri.edu/p/UED6073|title=UED6073 Nodaway County Courthouse – University of Missouri Extension|website=Extension.missouri.edu|access-date=July 5, 2016}} The courthouse is currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places{{cite web|url=http://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/79001386.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 20, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306202640/http://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/79001386.pdf |archive-date=March 6, 2016 }} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.susancronk.com/p/projects-in-process.html|title=Susan Cronk: Nodaway County's Human Squirrel Cage Jail|website=Susancronk.com|access-date=July 5, 2016}}

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,{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofnodaway00nati#page/268/mode/2up|title=The history of Nodaway county, Missouri, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens|website=Archive.org|year=1882|access-date=July 5, 2016}} 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. Both railroads no longer operate in the city and no railroads are operated anywhere in Nodaway County.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

In 1872 Albert P. Morehouse started the Nodaway Democrat, which became the Maryville Daily Forum. Morehouse would become governor. He lived in a house on Vine Street. Coincidentally, the house would later be occupied by Forrest C. Donnell before Donnell became a governor and U.S. Senator. The Forum was a chain-owned newspaper for nearly 100 years, and in 2013 it reverted to local ownership by the Cobb Group.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

In 1889 the Maryville Methodist Seminary opened.

In 1891 Elizabeth Howell (who operated Howell Millinery in Maryville) contributed to the development of the Lazy Susan when she received an American patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Self-Waiting Tables". Howell's device ran more smoothly and did not permit crumbs to fall into the space between the Lazy Susan and the table.{{cite book|last=Howell|first=Elizabeth|title=Patent No. 464,073|year=1891|publisher=United States Patent Office|location=Maryville, Missouri|url=https://www.google.com/patents?id=lRViAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

In 1894 Mary Augustine Giesen moved to Maryville and opened St. Francis Hospital.

In 1901, the horse Elwood was foaled at Faustiana Farms, owned by Mrs. J.B. Prather, on the west side of Maryville. It won the Kentucky Derby in 1904 and was the first Derby winner to be bred by a woman. Faustiana was located where the Maryville Country Club is today. Mrs. Prather also has connections with the second horse to be owned and bred by a woman to win the Derby – Black Gold in 1924, which was the great grandchild of Faustus, the namesake of the Faustiana farm.{{cite web|url=http://www.pedigreequery.com/black%20gold|title=Black Gold Horse Pedigree|website=Pedigreequery.com|access-date=July 5, 2016}} Elwood and Black Gold are two of 10 Kentucky Derby winners with Nodaway County connections. Trainer Ben A. Jones won the Derby in 1938, 1941, 1944, 1948, 1949 and 1952. His son Jimmy Jones won in 1957 and 1958. They operated a horse farm at Parnell, Missouri until their deaths (although their racing fame is tied to Calumet Farm in Kentucky). Memorabilia from their horse racing days are St. Francis Hospital and at the Nodaway County Historical Society Museum.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

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In 1905, Maryville won a contest to get the Fifth District Normal School, which would become Northwest Missouri State University. It offered $58,672 and {{convert|86|acres|abbr=on}}, including the Methodist Seminary, to the state. The college was on the northwest corner of the city, nearly adjoining the Wabash train station. The most significant structure on the land transferred to the state was the Thomas Gaunt mansion, which is also on the National Register and is the college President's residence.{{cite web|url=http://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/79001385.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 20, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523035857/http://www.dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/79001385.pdf |archive-date=May 23, 2011 }} Gaunt owned an extensive nursery on his property, which was on a birch-lined street and is now the Missouri Arboretum. The most recognizable building on the campus today is the Administration Building,{{cite web|url=http://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/10000504.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 20, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912111746/http://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/10000504.pdf |archive-date=September 12, 2015 }} designed by John H. Felt. It is on the National Register and resembles Brookings Hall at Washington University in St. Louis, which was the Administration Building of the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

In 1931, a notorious lynching occurred in Maryville when a mob of 2,000 to 4,000 people burned alive African American Raymond Gunn,{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/26/lynchings-memorial-us-south-montgomery-alabama |title=How white Americans used lynchings to terrorize and control black people |work=The Guardian |date=April 26, 2018 |access-date=2020-05-09}} who was awaiting trial, charged with the attempted rape and killing of a 20-year-old white school teacher.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9804179/raymond-gunn-did-not-murder-velma/ |title=Raymond Gunn did not murder Velma Colter. |newspaper=The Maryville Daily Forum |date=2017-03-25 |page=1 |access-date=2020-05-09}}{{cite web | title=Fear and frustration engulf Maryville | website=The Kansas City Star | date=19 October 2013 | url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/special-reports/maryville/article329897.html | access-date=1 August 2023}} One woman held her young girl up so the girl could get a better view of the naked man afire. A Maryville policeman directed traffic as Gunn burned. After the fire was out, hundreds of the mob poked around in his ashes for souvenirs, with the pieces of his charred remains and teeth and bone fragments divided among them.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6gyxWHRLAWgC&q=%22maryville%22+missouri+%22raymond+gunn%22&pg=PA359 |title=Dictionary of Missouri Biography |date= October 1999|isbn=9780826260161 |access-date=2020-05-09|last1=Christensen |first1=Lawrence O. |last2=Foley |first2=William E. |last3=Kremer |first3=Gary |publisher=University of Missouri Press }} While the Sheriff said he knew who had committed the killing, nobody was ever charged.

The lynching attracted national attention and was frequently invoked in the unsuccessful campaign to pass the Costigan-Wagner Bill, which would have made it a federal crime for law enforcement officials to refuse to try to prevent a lynching.{{cite book |editor = Lawrence O. Christensen |title = Dictionary of Missouri Biography |publisher = University of Missouri Press |year = 1999 |pages = [https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmiss00unse/page/359 359–361] |isbn = 978-0826212221 |url = https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmiss00unse/page/359 }}{{cite magazine |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,740865,00.html |title=RACES: Lynching No. 1 |date=January 19, 1931 |magazine=Time |access-date=October 15, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/history/coltergunn.htm |title=Colter-Gunn Incident Bibliography |publisher=B. D. Owens Library, Northwest Missouri State University |access-date=October 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015130319/http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/history/coltergunn.htm |archive-date=October 15, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite book |last = Raper |first = Arthur F. |title = The Tragedy of Lynching (African American) |publisher = Dover Publications |year = 2003 |isbn = 978-0486430980}}

In 1928 there was speculation that Maryville would become the "Western White House" for Herbert Hoover when it was discovered that he owned a farm 15 miles south of town. The farm was actually only 80 acres and he had acquired it after holding the mortgage for his Stanford University Class of 1895 roommate Samuel Wilson Collins. It was Iowa-native Hoover's only farm and Hoover visited it in 1933 after leaving office. He was accompanied by his former Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5119215/shamokin_newsdispatch/|title=Clipping from Shamokin News-Dispatch on Newspapers.com|newspaper=Shamokin News-Dispatch|date=August 11, 1928|page=8|access-date=July 5, 2016}} Hoover's vice president Charles Curtis visited Maryville on October 4, 1932 where spoke at the Administration Building after being rained out of a planned appearance at the Courthouse.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5547651/vp_charles_curtis_speaks_in_maryville/|title=VP Charles Curtis Speaks in Maryville October 4, 1932 - on Newspapers.com|newspaper=The Maryville Daily Forum|date=October 4, 1932|page=1|access-date=July 5, 2016}}

Harry S. Truman (along with Bess and Margaret Truman) made the last of several visits to Maryville on August 3, 1962, when he dedicated the current post office.{{cite web|url=https://maryvillemo.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/truman-post-office/|title=Harry Truman Dedicates Maryville Post Office August 3, 1962|last=roger|date=January 4, 2012|website=Maryvillemo.wordpress.com|access-date=July 5, 2016}} Truman had extensive ties to Maryville. During World War I Truman was a member of the 129th Field Artillery Regiment in the Missouri National Guard, which is headquartered in Maryville. Truman commanded Battery D in the war of the 129th. The 129th official motto is "Truman's Own" because of the affiliation. During the Meuse-Argonne Offensive during World War I in 1918, Truman prophetically told his troops, ""Right now, I'm where I want to be – in command of this battery. I'd rather be here than president of the United States."{{cite web |last=Kelly |first=Bethanne |url=http://www.military.com/Content/MoreContent/1,12044,MLtruman,00.html |title=Content |website=Military.com |access-date=July 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408192001/http://www.military.com/Content/MoreContent/1,12044,MLtruman,00.html |archive-date=April 8, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} Among the original 129th soldiers was Edward V. Condon (1893–1974) who later operated the Condon Corner Drug Store across the street on the Square after the war.{{cite web|url=http://www.trumanlibrary.org/hstpaper/condon.htm|title=Truman Library – Edward V. Condon Papers|website=Trumanlibrary.org|access-date=July 5, 2016}} Truman dedicated the 129th's armory on the northwest side of Bearcat Stadium on the college campus on February 20, 1955.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/66295111/|title=The Maryville Daily Forum from Maryville, Missouri · Page 1|website=Newspapers.com|date=February 21, 1955 |access-date=July 5, 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.nodawaybroadcasting.com/newsview.php?storyid=1265 |title=Maryville MO's Radio Station That ROCKS :: 97.1 The 'Vill KVVL |website=Nodawaybroadcasting.com |date=June 10, 2011 |access-date=July 7, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331215551/http://www.nodawaybroadcasting.com/newsview.php?storyid=1265 |archive-date=March 31, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}

The 1955 armory was repurposed as the Jon T. Rickman Electronic Campus Support Center in 2003, when a new armory was built further west of the campus near the Maryville Country Club, which is the site of the original Faustiana Farm complex.{{cite web|url=http://nwmissouri.smartcatalogiq.com/en/2014-2016/Undergraduate-Catalog/Appendix/Facilities|title=Northwest Missouri State University – Facilities|website=Nwmissouri.smartcatalogiq.com|access-date=July 5, 2016}} Many of Maryville's most active citizens have ties to the 129th, including Leigh Wilson (1881–1978), who rose to rank of Brigadier General. Wilson, who operated the Wilson Motel in Maryville, as well as the Hitching Post restaurant, was one of the biggest proponents for broadening Maryville's economic base away from the college.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/84151723/|title=The Maryville Daily Forum from Maryville, Missouri · Page 20|website=Newspapers.com|date=July 26, 1976 |access-date=July 5, 2016}}

Truman's sister Mary Jane Truman, who was active in the Order of Eastern Star, visited Maryville and Nodaway County several times for Eastern Star events before, during and after the Truman presidency.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5394756/mary_jane_truman_maryville_masonic/|title=Mary Jane Truman Maryville Masonic Lodge May 28, 1948 - on Newspapers.com|newspaper=The Maryville Daily Forum|date=May 28, 1948|page=1|access-date=July 5, 2016}}

In 1969, Maryville received an All-America City Award.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

In 1987, the Palms Bar in town began sponsoring the "World's Shortest Saint Patrick's Day Parade." The parades, which are less than a block long, have been getting shorter each year as other towns compete for the title. One of the mainstays of events has been a garbage truck driving down the street at the beginning, pouring out buckets of green water as a Maryville homage to the dyeing of the Chicago River green.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/NEWS/9703/17/events.parade/|title=CNN – EVENTS: World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade – March 17, 1997|website=Cnn.com|access-date=July 5, 2016}} In 2015, the parade moved from being a block off the square to actually being on the square after it became sponsored by Burny's Sports Bar.{{cite web|url=http://www.maryvilledailyforum.com/news/article_017bbd52-baff-11e4-a9c5-ffc1f6171ec2.html|title=New location, sponsor proposed for St. Pat's parade|first=TONY BROWN Staff|last=writer|website=Maryvilledailyforum.com|date=February 23, 2015 |access-date=July 5, 2016}}{{dead link|date=December 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

In 1994, Mozingo Lake opened east of Maryville. Its Mozingo Lake Golf Course has courses designed by Donald Sechrest and Tom Watson (which opened in 2016).{{cite web|url=http://www.maryvilledailyforum.com/news/article_b94fe4c4-cbf9-11e5-915d-c3c6e4e507d5.html|title=Tom Watson to attend youth course opening|author=TONY BROWN |website=Maryvilledailyforum.com|date=February 5, 2016 |access-date=July 5, 2016}}{{dead link|date=December 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

In 1996, the Maryville Treatment Center, a minimum security prison, opened in a renovated Franciscan Sisters of Mary Motherhouse which had been built in 1947 and has a landmark yellow steeple on the bluffs above the One Hundred and Two River on the east side of Maryville.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

Maryville became a football powerhouse in 1994 when Mel Tjeerdsma became coach of Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football. The Bearcats played in the 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2016 NCAA Division II Football Championship games, winning in 1998, 1999, 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2016.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} The basketball team won national titles in the NCAA Division II Basketball Championship in 2017, 2019 and 2021. In addition, the Maryville High School football team appeared in 1996, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2016 and 2017 (winning in 2009, 2012, 2013 and 2017, in addition to an earlier championship in 1982) state championship games.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} The history of championship victories have earned the town nickname of "Title Town."{{cite web | url=http://www.maryvilleforum.com/news/maryville-retains-claim-as-title-town-with-big-wins/article_e1f3d602-f18a-11e7-bdb9-af244a066ec4.html | title=Maryville retains claim as 'Title Town' with big wins | date=January 8, 2018 }}{{cite web | url=https://nodawaynews.com/spoofhound-athletics-hall-of-fame-seeks-committee-members/ | title=Spoofhound Athletics Hall of Fame seeks committee members | date=May 27, 2022 }} The high school has the unique mascot of "Spoofhounds." Both schools have green and white for their school colors.http://gamedayoncampus.com/2014/10/-town-usa-northwest-missouri-state-49-northeastern-state-7-2/ {{dead link|date=July 2016}} Adam Dorrel, a Maryville High graduate, succeeded his former boss Tjeerdsma when he retired as coach in 2010 and kept up the tradition winning the national titles in 2013, 2015 and 2016.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

Maryville was home to the Maryville Comets, a minor league baseball team, in 1910 and 1911. The Comets played as members of the Class D level Missouri-Iowa-Nebraska-Kansas League.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi|title=Register Team Encyclopedia|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}

A controversial case arose in 2012 when a boy, 17 at the time of the incident, was arrested for the rape and sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl.{{Cite web|title=Is Maryville, Missouri the Next Steubenville?|url=https://jezebel.com/is-maryville-missouri-the-next-steubenville-1445028162|access-date=2020-12-16|website=Jezebel|date=October 14, 2013 |language=en-us}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/missouri-teen-writes-raped-grandson-politician-target-maryville-community-article-1.1489769|title=Missouri teen writes about allegedly being raped by grandson of politician and target in Maryville community|first=Joe|last=Kemp|website=New York Daily News|date=October 18, 2013 |access-date=August 5, 2020}} A 15-year-old boy was accused of doing the same to the girl’s 13-year-old friend, and a third boy admitted to recording the first boy's alleged assault on a cellphone.{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/368/a-cold-end-to-maryville-sexual-assault-case/|title=A Cold End to Maryville Sexual Assault Case|magazine=Time|access-date=August 5, 2020}}{{cite web|author=Maggie CaldwellBio |url=https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2013/10/maryville-anonymous-football-rape-case/ |title=Anonymous Takes On the Maryville Rape Scandal. Is This a Good Thing? |work=Mother Jones |date=2013-10-15 |access-date=2020-05-09}} A significant controversy arose in 2013 when the county prosecutor dropped felony and misdemeanor charges against the first boy, who was related to an influential former state representative Rex Barnett, despite the Sheriff's office reporting absolute confidence that the evidence they had gathered being sufficient for a prosecution, including the boy's confession recorded on video. The Nodaway County prosecutor dropped the felony sexual exploitation charge against the third boy.{{cite web |url=https://www.kansascity.com/2013/10/12/4549775/nightmare-in-maryville-teens-sexual.html#storylink=cpy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229152232/https://www.kansascity.com/2013/10/12/4549775/nightmare-in-maryville-teens-sexual.html |title=Nightmare in Maryville: Teens' sexual encounter ignites a firestorm against family |archive-date=December 29, 2013 |author=Dugan Arnett |date=October 12, 2013 |work=Kansas City Star |accessdate=November 20, 2022}}{{cite web|url=http://kcur.org/post/why-was-maryville-rape-case-dropped |title=Why Was The Maryville Rape Case Dropped? |website=KCUR |date=July 11, 2013 |access-date=July 7, 2016}}

{{Cite magazine|last1=Dickson|first1=E. J.|date=2020-08-05|title=Daisy Coleman of 'Audrie and Daisy' Dead by Suicide at 23|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/daisy-coleman-suicide-audrie-and-daisy-netflix-documentary-1040197/|access-date=2020-08-07|magazine=Rolling Stone}} Outrage in online communities soon followed when the story surrounding this case was revisited in October 2013. National news media described the situation as "horrifying"{{cite web |url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/10/maryville-rape-case-the-horrifying-details-of-what-happened-to-daisy-coleman-feel-all-too-familiar.html |title=Horrifying Maryville Rape Case Follows Familiar Pattern. Why Does This Keep Happening? |author=Emily Bazelon |date=Oct 14, 2013 |work=Slate |accessdate=November 20, 2022}} and "a nightmare". Michael Schaffer, reporting on the incident for The New Republic, described Maryville as a "lawless hellhole".{{cite magazine|author=Michael Schaffer|author-link=Michael Schaffer (journalist)|date=October 23, 2013|title=Maryville, Missouri Is a Lawless Hellhole|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/115315/maryville-rape-case-maryville-lawless-hellhole|access-date=July 20, 2014|magazine=The New Republic}}David Von Drehle. [https://nation.time.com/2013/10/14/hackers-target-town-after-dropped-sexual-assault-case/ Hackers Target Town After Dropped Sexual-Assault Case], Time, October 14, 2013 In 2014, a special prosecutor was put in charge to reinvestigate the case. The first boy pleaded guilty to misdemeanor second-degree endangerment of the welfare of a child for leaving her outside her house, and was sentenced by Missouri Circuit Judge Glen Dietrich to four months in jail that were suspended in favor of two years probation.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-maryville-rape-charges-20140109-story.html|title='The case is closed': No rape charges in Maryville, Mo., case|website=Los Angeles Times|date=January 9, 2014|access-date=July 5, 2016}}{{Cite web|title=Alleged Rapist of Daisy Coleman Gets 2 Years Probation|url=https://jezebel.com/alleged-rapist-of-daisy-coleman-gets-2-years-probation-1498010854|access-date=2020-08-07|website=Jezebel|date=January 9, 2014 }} The boy was sentenced in juvenile court for the assault.{{cite news|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/who-matthew-barnett-7-facts-know-about-accused-maryville-rapist-1433070|title=Who Is Matthew Barnett? 7 Facts To Know About The Accused Maryville Rapist|last=Green|first=Treye|work=International Business Times|date=October 19, 2013}} The incident is featured in the 2016 Netflix documentary Audrie & Daisy.

The victim, Daisy Coleman, died by suicide on August 4, 2020. Coleman's mother, Melinda Coleman, died by suicide about four months later, on December 6.{{cite web | last=Gutierrez | first=Lisa | title=Daisy Coleman's mom grieved for 4 months. Then, like her daughter, she died by suicide | website=The Kansas City Star | date=7 December 2020 | url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article247669465.html | access-date=1 August 2023}}

Maryville is located approximately {{convert|40|mi|km}} north of the St. Joseph and {{convert|25|mi|km}} southwest of Bedford, Iowa.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|5.80|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|5.77|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.03|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=July 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=January 12, 2012 }}

The One Hundred and Two River, located on the eastern side of the city, is the primary source of power and water for the city.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

Situated in a transitional climate area, Maryville has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=82457&cityname=Maryville%2C+Missouri%2C+United+States+of+America&units=us|title=Maryville, Missouri Climate Summary|publisher=Weatherbase|access-date=November 25, 2016}}) with hot, humid summers combined with unusually cold winters by Missouri standards. Although prone to hard freezes, Maryville's coldest month of January still retains average highs above the freezing point. The large diurnal temperature variations plunge average lows into the mid-teens, with around 141 air frosts per year on average."Maryville climate normals"{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=82457&cityname=Maryville-Missouri-United-States-of-America&units=us|title=Maryville, Missouri Climate Normals|publisher=Weatherbase|access-date=November 25, 2016}}

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| May record high F = 110

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|Apr avg record high F = 84.7

|May avg record high F = 89.6

|Jun avg record high F = 94.0

|Jul avg record high F = 96.3

|Aug avg record high F = 95.7

|Sep avg record high F = 91.9

|Oct avg record high F = 85.9

|Nov avg record high F = 71.7

|Dec avg record high F = 60.6

|year avg record high F = 98.0

| Jan high F = 33.8

| Feb high F = 38.9

| Mar high F = 51.5

| Apr high F = 63.2

| May high F = 73.3

| Jun high F = 83.0

| Jul high F = 86.7

| Aug high F = 85.2

| Sep high F = 78.4

| Oct high F = 66.1

| Nov high F = 50.7

| Dec high F = 38.5

| year high F = 62.4

| Jan mean F = 23.8

| Feb mean F = 28.4

| Mar mean F = 40.2

| Apr mean F = 51.2

| May mean F = 62.4

| Jun mean F = 72.3

| Jul mean F = 76.1

| Aug mean F = 74.0

| Sep mean F = 66.0

| Oct mean F = 53.7

| Nov mean F = 40.0

| Dec mean F = 28.8

| year mean F = 51.4

| Jan low F = 13.9

| Feb low F = 17.9

| Mar low F = 28.9

| Apr low F = 39.2

| May low F = 51.5

| Jun low F = 61.6

| Jul low F = 65.6

| Aug low F = 62.9

| Sep low F = 53.7

| Oct low F = 41.3

| Nov low F = 29.2

| Dec low F = 19.2

| year low F = 40.4

|Jan avg record low F = -8.1

|Feb avg record low F = -1.7

|Mar avg record low F = 9.4

|Apr avg record low F = 24.6

|May avg record low F = 38.1

|Jun avg record low F = 50.0

|Jul avg record low F = 55.8

|Aug avg record low F = 53.0

|Sep avg record low F = 39.2

|Oct avg record low F = 25.9

|Nov avg record low F = 13.2

|Dec avg record low F = -0.8

|year avg record low F = -12.6

| Jan record low F = −32

| Feb record low F = −28

| Mar record low F = −26

| Apr record low F = 4

| May record low F = 18

| Jun record low F = 38

| Jul record low F = 42

| Aug record low F = 39

| Sep record low F = 22

| Oct record low F = 2

| Nov record low F = −11

| Dec record low F = −28

| year record low F = −32

| precipitation colour= green

| Jan precipitation inch = 0.89

| Feb precipitation inch = 1.20

| Mar precipitation inch = 2.31

| Apr precipitation inch = 3.98

| May precipitation inch = 5.47

| Jun precipitation inch = 4.97

| Jul precipitation inch = 5.33

| Aug precipitation inch = 4.22

| Sep precipitation inch = 3.52

| Oct precipitation inch = 3.01

| Nov precipitation inch = 1.98

| Dec precipitation inch = 1.49

| year precipitation inch = 38.37

| Jan snow inch = 5.2

| Feb snow inch = 4.4

| Mar snow inch = 1.6

| Apr snow inch = 0.8

| May snow inch = 0.0

| Jun snow inch = 0.0

| Jul snow inch = 0.0

| Aug snow inch = 0.0

| Sep snow inch = 0.0

| Oct snow inch = 0.1

| Nov snow inch = 0.6

| Dec snow inch = 2.6

| year snow inch = 15.3

| unit precipitation days = 0.01 in

| Jan precipitation days = 5.5

| Feb precipitation days = 6.1

| Mar precipitation days = 7.5

| Apr precipitation days = 10.0

| May precipitation days = 12.2

| Jun precipitation days = 11.0

| Jul precipitation days = 9.5

| Aug precipitation days = 8.7

| Sep precipitation days = 7.5

| Oct precipitation days = 8.0

| Nov precipitation days = 5.9

| Dec precipitation days = 5.3

| year precipitation days = 97.2

| unit snow days = 0.1 in

| Jan snow days = 2.7

| Feb snow days = 2.3

| Mar snow days = 1.0

| Apr snow days = 0.2

| May snow days = 0.0

| Jun snow days = 0.0

| Jul snow days = 0.0

| Aug snow days = 0.0

| Sep snow days = 0.0

| Oct snow days = 0.1

| Nov snow days = 0.7

| Dec snow days = 2.4

| year snow days = 9.4

|source 1 = NOAA

{{cite web

| url = https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=eax

| title = NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data

| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

| access-date = July 28, 2021}}

{{cite web

| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00235340&format=pdf

| title = Station: Maryville 2E, MO

| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991–2020)

| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

| access-date = July 28, 2021}}

}}

{{US Census population

|align=left

|1860= 427

|1870= 1682

|1880= 3485

|1890= 4037

|1900= 4577

|1910= 4762

|1920= 4711

|1930= 5217

|1940= 5700

|1950= 6834

|1960= 7807

|1970= 9970

|1980= 9558

|1990= 10663

|2000= 10581

|2010= 11972

|2020= 10633

|align-fn=center

|footnote=[https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html U.S. Decennial Census]

}}

The 2020 United States census{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov| access-date=2023-12-17 |website=data.census.gov}} counted 10,633 people, 4,581 households, and 2,029 families in Maryville. The population density was 1,669.2 per square mile (644.0/km{{sup|2}}). There were 5,116 housing units at an average density of 803.1 per square mile (309.9/km{{sup|2}}). The racial makeup was 89.01% (9,464) white, 2.26% (240) black or African-American, 0.22% (23) Native American, 3.28% (349) Asian, 0.01% (1) Pacific Islander, 0.87% (93) from other races, and 4.35% (463) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.2% (261) of the population.

Of the 4,581 households, 17.2% had children under the age of 18; 32.1% were married couples living together; 35.1% had a female householder with no husband present. Of all households, 36.5% consisted of individuals and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.0 and the average family size was 2.6.

13.1% of the population was under the age of 18, 45.9% from 18 to 24, 18.5% from 25 to 44, 18.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 22.9 years. For every 100 females, the population had 86.4 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older, there were 87.1 males.

The 2016-2020 5-year American Community Survey{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov|access-date=2023-12-17|website=data.census.gov}} estimates show that the median household income was $40,112 (with a margin of error of +/- $6,163) and the median family income was $61,875 (+/- $8,406). Males had a median income of $19,020 (+/- $4,700) versus $10,715 (+/- $2,151) for females. The median income for those above 16 years old was $12,645 (+/- $2,891). Approximately, 14.3% of families and 29.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.7% of those under the age of 18 and 8.0% of those ages 65 or over.

As of the census{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 8, 2012}} of 2010, there were 11,972 people, 4,217 households, and 1,865 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|2074.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 4,543 housing units at an average density of {{convert|787.3|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 92.3% White, 3.1% African American, 0.2% Native American, 2.7% Asian, 0.4% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.6% of the population.

There were 4,217 households, of which 20.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.7% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 55.8% were non-families. 35.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.82.

The median age in the city was 22.7 years. 13.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 43.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 16.3% were from 25 to 44; 14.8% were from 45 to 64; and 11.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.9% male and 52.1% female.

As of the census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }} of 2000, there were 10,581 people, 3,913 households, and 1,835 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,102.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 4,227 housing units at an average density of {{convert|840.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 95.78% White, 1.48% African American, 0.18% Native American, 1.46% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.31% from other races, and 0.77% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.98% of the population.

There were 3,913 households, out of which 20.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.4% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 53.1% were non-families. 35.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the city the population was spread out, with 14.0% under the age of 18, 41.4% from 18 to 24, 17.3% from 25 to 44, 14.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The mean age was 23 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.6 males.

The mean income for a household in the city was $29,043, and the mean income for a family was $43,906. Males had a mean income of $30,444 versus $22,444 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,483. About 10.3% of families and 23.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.3% of those under age 18 and 14.2% of those age 65 or over.

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• Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics and Computing
• Missouri State Arboretum
• Mozingo Lake Park and Golf Course
• Nodaway County Historical Society Museum
• Northwest Missouri State University
• Maryville Treatment Center
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries Motorcycle & Engine has an assembly plant for utility engines in town.

The Administration Building, Caleb Burns House, Frank House, Thomas Gaunt House, and Nodaway County Courthouse are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

Maryville has ten city parks,https://www.maryvilleparks.org/parks which includes six baseball fields, several soccer and football fields, a skate park, a nature park, and the Maryville Aquatic Center. The city also maintains the Mozingo Lake Park and Golf Course. The golf course consists of 27 holes and is situated nearby the lake.https://mozingolake.com/golf

The city of Maryville is governed by a city council consisting of five members who are elected at-large and serve terms of three years. There is no limit to the number of terms that one can serve on the council. Each year, one of the council members is selected to serve as the mayor of the city and another as the mayor pro tem.{{cite web|url=http://m.nwmissourinews.com/news/article_0ed77602-0267-11e6-80a3-df123ed96810.html?mode=jqm|title=Mayor and Council – Maryville, MO|website=nwmissourinews.com|access-date=June 17, 2017}}

The Maryville R-II School District contains 3 separate buildings:

• Maryville High School (Grades 9–12)
• Maryville Middle School (Grades 5–8)
• Eugene Field Elementary School (Grades Pre-K-4)

Maryville is also served by

• St. Gregory's Barbarigo School (Grades K-8)
• Horace Mann Laboratory School (Grades Pre-K-6)

Maryville is home to Northwest Missouri State University. North Central Missouri College has a satellite campus located at the Northwest Technical Center in Maryville.

Maryville has a lending library, the Maryville Public Library.{{cite web | url=http://www.publiclibraries.com/missouri.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610012728/http://www.publiclibraries.com/missouri.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=10 June 2017 | title=Missouri Public Libraries | publisher=PublicLibraries.com | access-date=2 June 2019}}

Five licensed broadcast stations in the town are:

• KNIM – 1580 AM – Oldies and Regional News
• KZLX-LP – 106.7 FM – NWMSU Student Radio Station
• KVVL – 97.1 FM – Oldies, Classic rock, and Regional Sports
• KNIM 95.9 Pickup Country
• KXCV – 90.5 FM – NWMSU University Radio Station: Classical/Jazz, National Public Radio, and Bearcat Radio Network (NWMSU Sports) Flagship Station
• KBCT – 104.9 FM – Classic Hits

There are two U.S. Highways in Maryville: U.S. Routes 71 and 136 intersect on the eastern side of the city. A branch of US 71, U.S. Route 71 Business, serves as the main street for the city. Route 46, Route 148, and Route V also provide access outside the city. In 2002, the principal highway through Maryville, U.S. 71, was converted to a four-lane route from Savannah and a bypass was built along the east side of Maryville. Route 71 is at least a four-lane and some cases an interstate highway for the entire length of Missouri, from the Arkansas border and there had been considerable delays in converting the last remaining two-lane section from Savannah to Maryville. US 71 north of Maryville to the Iowa border is the only remaining two-lane portion of Route 71 in Missouri.{{cite web |title=Road Safety Assessment (RSA) Report (Page 5)|url=https://nwmorcogdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/2019-rsa-report.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607234159/https://nwmorcogdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/2019-rsa-report.pdf |archive-date=2021-06-07 |url-status=live |access-date=June 7, 2021}}

Maryville is served by the Northwest Missouri Regional Airport, which is a general aviation airport with no commercial service.

Intercity bus service to the city is provided by Jefferson Lines.{{cite web|url=https://www.jeffersonlines.com/bus-stops/missouri/|title=Missouri Bus Stops|access-date=July 21, 2023}}

Maryville is home to Mosaic Medical Center - Maryville (previously known as St. Francis Hospital and Health Services).{{cite web | title=Mosaic Life Care purchases St. Francis Hospital in Maryville | website=KQTV News | date=7 December 2018 | url=https://www.kq2.com/content/news/Mosaic-Life-Care-purchases-St-Francis-Hospital-in-Maryville-502197611.html | access-date=5 September 2021 | archive-date=September 5, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905053350/https://www.kq2.com/content/news/Mosaic-Life-Care-purchases-St-Francis-Hospital-in-Maryville-502197611.html | url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.stfrancismaryville.com/AboutUs/Pages/History.aspx |title=History |access-date=December 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119033209/http://www.stfrancismaryville.com/AboutUs/pages/history.aspx |archive-date=January 19, 2011 }}

{{See also|Northwest Missouri State University#Notable alumni|l1=List of Northwest Missouri State University notable people}}

• Sarah Caldwell – Boston opera diva
• Dale Carnegie – author of How to Win Friends and Influence People
• Homer Croy – author and screenwriter who wrote about life in Maryville
• Albert David – Medal of Honor recipient for capture of {{GS|U-505||2}} during World War II
• Forrest C. Donnell – Missouri Governor
• Adam Dorrel – 3x National Champion winning coach, 4x MIAA champion coach, and 3x AFCA NCAA DII Coach of the Year
• Elwood – Kentucky Derby winner born at Faustiana Farms
• Raymond Gunn – a black man burned to death by a mob of townsfolk in 1931
• Jane Hall Johnson - engineer and architect
• Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones – horse trainer
• Darius Kinsey – photographer of logging industry
• Truman H. Landon – Air Force General
• Edward H. Moore – U.S. Senator in Oklahoma
• Albert P. Morehouse – Missouri Governor
• Lynne Overman – actor sidekick from the 1930s and 1940s
• Jim Spainhower – State Treasurer
• George S.E. Vaughn – accused Confederate spy who claimed to have been pardoned by Abraham Lincoln an hour before the President's assassination

{{Portal|United States}}

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Nodaway County, Missouri
• One Hundred and Two River
• Audrie & Daisy

{{Reflist|30em}}

• [https://archive.org/details/biographicalhist00chic A Biographical History of Nodaway and Atchison Counties, Missouri]; Lewis Publishing Company; 630 pages; 1901.
• [https://archive.org/details/historyofnodaway00nati The History of Nodaway County, Missouri]; St. Joseph Steam Printing Company; 1034 pages; 1882.

{{Commons category|Maryville, Missouri}}

• [http://www.maryville.org City of Maryville]
• Historic maps of Maryville in the [http://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A138882 Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection] at the University of Missouri

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