Hannibal, Missouri

E70538
city municipality

Hannibal, Missouri is a historic Mississippi River town best known as Mark Twain’s boyhood home and the inspiration for the settings of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
St. Petersburg, Missouri 4
Hannibal, Missouri (fictionalized) 1
Hannibal, Missouri micropolitan statistical area 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 573 ⓘ
areaLand 15.74 square miles ⓘ
areaTotal 16.21 square miles ⓘ
areaWater 0.47 square miles ⓘ
associatedWithWriter Mark Twain ⓘ
bridge Mark Twain Memorial Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Marion County ⓘ
elevation 142 meters ⓘ
466 feet ⓘ
foundedIn 1819 ⓘ
governingBody Hannibal City Council ⓘ
governmentType mayor–council government ⓘ
hasAirport Hannibal Regional Airport ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Hannibal–LaGrange University ⓘ
hasFestival National Tom Sawyer Days ⓘ
hasHighSchool Hannibal High School ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Central Park Historic District ⓘ
Hannibal historic district ⓘ
surface form: Hannibal Commercial Historic District

Maple Avenue Historic District ⓘ
hasHospital Hannibal Regional Hospital ⓘ
hasMuseum Hannibal History Museum ⓘ
hasRailService BNSF Railway ⓘ
hasSchoolDistrict Hannibal Public School District #60 ⓘ
incorporatedAsCityIn 1845 ⓘ
knownFor Mark Twain’s boyhood home ⓘ
inspiration for Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
inspiration for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ⓘ
locatedIn Northeastern Missouri ⓘ
surface form: Northeast Missouri
locatedInMetropolitanArea Hannibal Micropolitan Area ⓘ
surface form: Hannibal micropolitan area
locatedNear Quincy, Illinois ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Mississippi River ⓘ
motto America’s Hometown ⓘ
namedAfter Hannibal (Carthaginian general) ⓘ
partOf Marion County, Missouri ⓘ
populationCensus2020 17908 ⓘ
postalCode 63401 ⓘ
servedBy U.S. Route 36 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 61 NERFINISHED ⓘ
state Missouri ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Central Daylight Time
touristAttraction Cameron Cave ⓘ
Hannibal Riverfront ⓘ
Lovers Leap ⓘ
Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum ⓘ
surface form: Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum

Mark Twain Cave ⓘ
Rockcliffe Mansion ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mississippi River culture → associatedWith → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
Tom Sawyer → associatedWith → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
Clemens family → associatedWithPlace → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
Huckleberry Finn → associatedWithPlace → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. Petersburg, Missouri
Sid Sawyer → basedInWorkOn → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hannibal, Missouri (fictionalized)
Tom Sawyer → basedOn → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
Hannibal High School → city → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
Hannibal–LaGrange University → city → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
Marion County → contains → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
subject surface form: Marion County, Missouri
Interstate 72 → crossesAt → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
Mark Twain Memorial Bridge → crossesAt → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
Marion County, Missouri → hasCity → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
Marion County → hasHistoricCity → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
subject surface form: Marion County, Missouri
Marion County → hasJurisdictionOver → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
subject surface form: Marion County, Missouri
Marion County → hasLargestCity → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
subject surface form: Marion County, Missouri
Marion County, Missouri → hasLargestCity → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
Mark Twain Memorial Bridge → hasLocale → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
Hannibal Creek → hasNameOriginFor → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
family of Mark Twain → hasOrigin → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
subject surface form: St. Petersburg, Missouri
Aunt Polly → livesIn → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. Petersburg, Missouri
Becky Thatcher House → locatedIn → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
Hannibal High School → locatedIn → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
Hannibal Riverfront → locatedIn → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
Hannibal historic district → locatedIn → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
Lovers Leap → locatedIn → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
subject surface form: Lovers Leap (Hannibal, Missouri)
Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum → locatedIn → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
Mark Twain Cave → locatedIn → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
Mark Twain Memorial Bridge → locatedIn → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
National Tom Sawyer Days → locatedIn → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
Rockcliffe Mansion → locatedIn → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
Tom and Huck Statue → locatedIn → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
Mark Twain Birthday Celebration → location → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
subject surface form: St. Petersburg, Missouri
Hannibal–LaGrange University → namedAfter → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
Marion County, Missouri → partOf → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hannibal, Missouri micropolitan statistical area
Tom Sawyer → residence → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. Petersburg, Missouri
Interstate 72 → servesCity → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
Hannibal High School → servesCommunity → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
Huckleberry Finn → setInFictionalPlace → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. Petersburg, Missouri
Marion County → spentBoyhoodIn → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
subject surface form: Mark Twain
Interstate 72 → westernTerminus → Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ