[6] A special charter town of about 600 inhabitants on the Missouri River, in Clay County, six miles from Liberty.

Some time later a bar formed opposite the landing and a stock company laid off a town below which they called St. Bernard.

There was at one time a tobacco factory in the place, and a large quantity of hemp was shipped from there.

During the Civil War it was the prey of bushwhackers and jayhawkers, and its business was almost entirely destroyed, but since the building of the Wabash Railroad a considerable business has been attracted to it.The Missouri City Savings Bank Building and Meeting Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

31.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The racial makeup of the city was 93.56% White, 2.71% African American, and 3.73% from two or more races.

23.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

About 4.2% of families and 7.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.1% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over.