Wakenda, Missouri

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Wakenda, Missouri
settlement_type = Township
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Missouri
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Carroll
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area_total_km2 = 84.1
area_land_km2 = 82.0
area_water_km2 = 2.1
area_total_sq_mi = 32.5
area_land_sq_mi = 31.7
area_water_sq_mi = 0.8

population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 467
population_density_km2 = 5.7
population_density_sq_mi = 14.7

timezone = Central (CST)
utc_offset = -6
timezone_DST = CDT
utc_offset_DST = -5
elevation_footnotes =
elevation_m = 199
elevation_ft = 653
latd = 39 |latm = 19 |lats = 56 |latNS = N
longd = 93 |longm = 29 |longs = 14 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 64687
area_code = 660
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 29-76552GR|2
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = 0766424GR|3
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Wakenda is an unincorporated community in Carroll County, Missouri. It is located on Missouri Supplemental Route B about eight miles southeast of Carrollton. The community was founded in 1869 and is named after the Siouan name for God or the Great Spirit.

The community was destroyed in the summer of 1993 during the Great Missouri River Flood. A simple stone marker alongside Route B honors the fallen great city. There is still currently a grain elevator for the local grain growers and a household of three. There is also a small auto repair shop and the remnents of the old city jailhouse.

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