West Plains
A city in Howell County, Missouri — population 12,383 as of 2020.
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KSMU Ozarks Public Radio
September 28
Local author pens book about a baseball great from the Ozarks
David Jerome's book is about Preacher Roe who hailed from West Plains, Missouri.
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West Plains by the numbers
Population
12,383Population figure, 2020
Households & income
- Area
- 13.3 sq mi (34.46 km²), 0.02 sq mi water
- Median age
- 36.3
- Households
- 5,051
- Persons per household
- 2.4
- Median household income
- $44,002
- Median house value
- $169,900
Municipal office
- Office
- ACCOUNTANT
- Address
- PO BOX 710, WEST PLAINS, MO 65775
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Truett Ray · CC BY-SA 4.0