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Van Buren, Missouri

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The town of Van Buren is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Van Buren is located in Carter County and is the county seat.

The community of Van Buren is 170 feet [51.82 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Van Buren lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Van Buren can be found in:

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 Georgia (historic<2>)New York
 IndianaOhio
 IowaPennsylvania
 KentuckyTennessee
 Louisiana (historic)Washington
 MaineWisconsin

At the time of the 2000 Census, Van Buren had a population of 845 people<3> (or 14.21% of the total population of Carter County).

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Van Buren had a population of 815 people. This is a decrease of 3.55% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Van Buren.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000		Year-to-Year Change
2008815-3.55%-0.37% since 2007
2007818-3.2%+0.49% since 2006
2006814-3.67% 
2005814-3.67% 
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2000845The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<4>2008
Population		Change
Since 2000
 Dees Town   E25 mi [40.23 km]---
 Ellington   N15 mi [24.14 km]9845.84% decrease
 Ellsinore   E15 mi [24.14 km]3620.28% decrease
 Eminence   NW21 mi [33.8 km]5541.09% increase
 Fruit City   N19 mi [30.58 km]---
 Grandin   SE16 mi [25.75 km]2350.42% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Van Buren.


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Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Van Buren. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Van Buren? Please visit the Map Page for Van Buren.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Van Buren - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Van Buren, please let us know so that we can make corrections.

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<3>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Van Buren.

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<4>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Van Buren and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<5>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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