New Market, MO

New Market is a census designated place in northern Platte County, Missouri, United States. The 2020 census counted 88 residents. New Market lies within the Kansas City metropolitan area. Dearborn is two miles to the northeast across U.S. Route 71 and Bee Creek flows past the west side of the community. In New Market, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in New Market, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. New Market was originally named Jacksonville, named by Jacob Adamson, a Tennesseean and admirer of Andrew Jackson. A post office called New Market was established in 1839 after Adamson learned that Jacksonville was taken, and it remained in operation until 1959.