[2] It is part of the Jefferson City, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Cedar City was platted in 1866 and is named after the eastern redcedar tree.
[3] David Kenney, owner of the Cedar City Land Company petitioned to have the community incorporated in 1870.
[citation needed] The population of the city before the merger was reported as 427 in the 1980 Decennial Census.
[citation needed] Flooding of the Missouri River in 1993 inundated the entire community and virtually all the homeowners were bought out by the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA).