Hannibal, Missouri, United States

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city municipality

Hannibal, Missouri, United States, is a historic Mississippi River town best known as Mark Twain’s boyhood home and the inspiration for many of his classic works.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → municipality →
climate	humid continental climate →
country	United States →
county	Marion County →
economyIncludes	manufacturing → river transportation services → tourism →
foundedIn	1819 →
governingBody	City of Hannibal government →
hasAnnualEvent	Mark Twain Birthday Celebration → National Tom Sawyer Days →
hasBridge	Mark Twain Memorial Bridge →
hasEducationalInstitution	Hannibal High School →
hasHigherEducationInstitution	Hannibal–LaGrange University →
hasHistoricDistrict	Downtown Hannibal Historic District →
hasHistoricSite	Becky Thatcher House → Huckleberry Finn House → J.M. Clemens Justice of the Peace Office → Mark Twain Boyhood Home (National Historic Landmark) →
hasMuseum	Mark Twain Museum complex →
hasNickname	America’s Hometown →
hasNotableResident	Mark Twain → Samuel Langhorne Clemens →
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.hannibal-mo.gov/ →
hasPopulation	approximately 17,000 →
hasTouristAttraction	Cameron Cave → Hannibal Riverfront → Hannibal Trolley Company tours → Lovers Leap → Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum → Mark Twain Cave → Rockcliffe Mansion →
incorporatedAsCityIn	1845 →
inspiredWork	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn → The Adventures of Tom Sawyer → The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn setting of St. Petersburg, Missouri →
isKnownFor	being Mark Twain’s boyhood home → historic riverfront → inspiring settings in Mark Twain’s works → tourism related to Mark Twain →
locatedIn	Marion County, Missouri →
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone →
locatedOnRiver	Mississippi River →
namedAfter	Hannibal (Carthaginian general) → Hannibal Creek →
servedBy	Interstate 72 → U.S. Route 61 →
state	Missouri →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Clarence Earl Gideon → Mark Twain ("Florida, Missouri, United States") →	placeOfBirth
Mark Twain → Samuel Langhorne Clemens →	residence
Clarence Earl Gideon →	burialPlace
Hannibal, Missouri ("City of Hannibal government") →	governingBody