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27-611: Little Dixie may refer to: Regions [ edit ] Little Dixie (Missouri) Little Dixie (Oklahoma) Communities [ edit ] Little Dixie, Arkansas , an unincorporated community in Arkansas on the Woodruff-Prairie county line Little Dixie, Kentucky , also known as Dixiefield, in Henderson County, Kentucky Media [ edit ] Little Dixie (film) ,

54-528: A 2023 American crime thriller film directed by John Swab [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Little_Dixie&oldid=1259932411 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

81-561: A Republican and two held by Democrats. All of Platte County is a part of Missouri's 34th District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Tony Luetkemeyer (R- Parkville ). All of Platte County is included in Missouri's 6th Congressional District and is currently represented by Sam Graves (R- Tarkio ) in the U.S. House of Representatives . Former U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D- New York ) received more votes,

108-399: A sphere outside white supervision. In Little Dixie in the early 20th century, of the counties with the largest black populations, Callaway County at one time had twenty-eight African American schools; Boone, eighteen; Howard, sixteen; Cooper, twenty-six; Chariton, fourteen; Lafayette, twenty; Saline, eighteen. Although the number of schools decreased as rural black communities dissolved with

135-494: A wide variety of uses. Many have survived. In addition, schools were often started in black churches or chapels, many of which still stand. As a result of the study, the state recommended numerous African-American schools for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places . Continuing demographic changes throughout the 20th century have resulted in a decrease in the number and proportion of African Americans in most of

162-668: Is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area . As of the 2020 census , the population was 106,718. Its county seat is Platte City . The county was organized December 31, 1838, from the Platte Purchase , named for the Platte River . ( Platte is derived from the French word for a low, shallow, or intermittent stream.) The Kansas City International Airport

189-621: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Little Dixie (Missouri) A 1948 article in the Missouri Historical Review defined the antebellum "Little Dixie" region as a 13-county area between the Mississippi River north of St. Louis to Missouri River counties in the central part of the state (Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Chariton, Howard, Lincoln, Pike, Marion, Monroe, Ralls, Randolph, Saline, and Shelby counties). When

216-514: Is land and 6.6 square miles (17 km ) (1.5%) is water. The county's southwestern border with Kansas is formed by the Missouri River . As of the census of 2000, there were 73,781 people, 29,278 households, and 20,231 families residing in the county. The population density was 176 people per square mile (68 people/km ). There were 30,902 housing units at an average density of 74 units per square mile (29/km ). The racial makeup of

243-407: Is located in the county, approximately one mile west of Interstate 29 between mile markers 12 and 15. The land for the airport was originally in an unincorporated portion of Platte County before being annexed by Platte City, and eventually Kansas City . According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 427 square miles (1,110 km ), of which 420 square miles (1,100 km )

270-585: The Civil War, the slaves were emancipated. The Reconstruction-era legislature established free public education for all citizens for the first time. While whites insisted that schools be segregated, the legislature required that all townships with 20 or more black children of student age had to establish schools. By 1870, of the former slave states, Missouri had the "largest proportion of schools for negro children." Black communities rapidly established independent churches and schools to express their own culture and create

297-736: The Missouri River to St. Louis , and down the Mississippi to New Orleans . Cotton was exported to Britain, or shipped north to textile mills in New York and New England. In Howard County , developed along the river for plantations, planters named their large estates in the Southern style, such as Greenwood, Redstone, Oakwood and Sylvan Villa. On these plantations, slave populations ranged between 15 and 70 people; they cultivated acreage of 500 acres (2 km ) to 2000 acres (8 km ), or more. After

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324-541: The South in this period. In 1890 in the traditional seven counties of Little Dixie, the black population totaled 45,000. It increased into the early 20th century. In the "nadir" period, there were 13 lynchings of black men in total in Boone, Howard, Monroe, Pike, and Randolph counties. This number represented 16 percent of the total lynchings in the state during this period, whereas these seven counties contained less than 6 percent of

351-509: The Southerners migrated to Missouri, they brought their cultural, social, agricultural, architectural, political and economic practices, including slavery. Overall, Missouri's slave population represented 10 percent of the state's population in the 1860 U.S. Census . But in Little Dixie, county and township slave populations ranged from 20 to 50 percent by 1860, with the highest percentages for

378-427: The age of 18 living with them, 57.00% were married couples living together, 8.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.90% were non-families. 24.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.00. In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.80% under

405-466: The age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 32.60% from 25 to 44, 24.50% from 45 to 64, and 8.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 98.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.50 males. The median income for a household in the county was $ 55,849, and the median income for a family was $ 65,236. Males had a median income of $ 44,310 versus $ 31,005 for females. The per capita income for

432-526: The counties developed for large plantations along the Missouri river. New Madrid County , along the Mississippi River south of St. Louis, also had a high percentage of enslaved Africans, but was not considered part of the region. While definitions of the counties included in Little Dixie vary, in 1860 seven counties were developed primarily for plantations, and their populations consisted of 25 percent or more enslaved African Americans: The only other county of

459-545: The county in his two successful elections, and in 2004, Claire McCaskill of Jackson County narrowly won a majority of the county's votes over Republican victor Matt Blunt . While the county has swung to the Republican party, the presence of Kansas City has helped keep the county competitive into the 21st century. Platte County is divided into three legislative districts in the Missouri House of Representatives , one held by

486-461: The county was $ 26,356. About 3.30% of families and 4.80% of the population were below the poverty line , including 5.70% of those under age 18 and 5.70% of those age 65 or over. School districts (all full K-12) include: The Republican Party controls politics at the local level in Platte County. Republicans hold all of the elected positions in the county. However, Governor Jay Nixon carried

513-429: The county was 91.45% White , 3.49% Black or African American , 0.46% Native American , 1.48% Asian , 0.20% Pacific Islander , 1.05% from other races , and 1.87% from two or more races. Approximately 3.00% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 23.4% were of German , 12.5% Irish , 12.2% American and 11.4% English ancestry. There were 29,278 households, out of which 34.10% had children under

540-462: The historic structures, identifying those that were unique architecturally. It also captured the stories of people associated with them. The team conducted many oral interviews with former students, teachers, administrators and members of the communities to learn about their communities during the Jim Crow era. Because many of the former rural schools consisted of just one room, they have been adapted for

567-528: The history of slavery, the rural economy after the war, and white efforts to establish dominance in resulting race relations. In the late 19th-century white Democrats throughout the South sought to reimpose and maintain white supremacy . Between 1889 and 1919, a period that is considered the "nadir of racial relations" in the United States, Southern states disenfranchised most blacks through new constitutions and amendments. Lynchings of black men were numerous in

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594-606: The onslaught of the Depression and the economic opportunity of the New Deal , in 1933 these same counties still had the highest number of black schools outside of St. Louis and the Bootheel . In keeping with competition and fears among whites, they exercised a higher frequency of mob violence against blacks and lynchings of African Americans in this region than in other parts of the state. The pattern appears to be strongly associated with

621-534: The region's complex history, including after the Civil War, are also being studied and preserved. Beginning in 1998, the State Historic Preservation Office (of the Department of Natural Resources), conducted a survey to identify the remaining historic African-American schools in the 15 counties of Little Dixie; this survey was extended throughout the state and lasted until 2002. The study documented

648-552: The seven counties of Little Dixie. Only Boone County in 2010 had an increase in African-American population since 2000. Blacks made up 9.29 percent of the population. In each of the other six counties, African Americans made up 6 percent or less of total population. In each case, the number and proportion of blacks in the population had declined since 2000. 39°N 93°W  /  39°N 93°W  / 39; -93 Platte County, Missouri Platte County

675-953: The state where the enslaved population was as high in 1860 was New Madrid in the Bootheel, a region in the southern part of the state along the Mississippi River that was devoted to cotton plantations . The Missouri Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans defines the "heart" of Little Dixie as having consisted of the following counties: The major cash crop was hemp . In Lafayette County , locals declared hemp as king and dedicated all agricultural production to it, while foregoing necessary food production. In addition, planters in "Outer Little Dixie" counties, such as Platte , Howard , Chariton and Ralls , grew millions of pounds of tobacco on large plantations with 20 or more slaves. Some farmers and planters grew cotton and sent their surplus down

702-561: The state's total population. African Americans comprised slightly more than 50 percent of the victims of lynching in other parts of Missouri. In these seven counties, more than 90 percent of lynch victims were black, and they were overwhelmingly men. Mechanization of farms decreased the need for farm labor beginning in the early 20th century. African Americans left the region in the Great Migration for northern and midwestern industrial cities, including St. Louis. They also sought to escape

729-809: The violence and social oppression. The United States Supreme Court ruling of Brown v. Board of Education (1954) declared segregated public schools to be unconstitutional, but integration of schools was slow in many areas of the South and Missouri. After integration, some former black schools were closed and adapted for new uses; others were in too poor condition to be used. The Little Dixie Conference, an athletic conference for high schools in Callaway, Audrain, and Boone counties, operated from 1952 to 2006. In many parts of Little Dixie, some antebellum plantation homes still stand today. Many people participate in heritage tourism and historic projects to preserve these structures and other aspects of this era. Other aspects of

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