Coatsville is an unincorporated community in northern Schuyler County, Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

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United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. It is located on Route 202 about six miles northwest of Lancaster

Lancaster, Missouri

Lancaster is a city in Schuyler County, Missouri, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 728. It is the county seat of Schuyler County.Lancaster is part of the Kirksville Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

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Iowa

Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...

 state line. The community is part of the Kirksville

Kirksville, Missouri

Kirksville is the county seat of Adair County, Missouri, United States. It is located in Benton Township. The population was 17,505 at the 2010 census. Kirksville also anchors a micropolitan area that comprises Adair and Schuyler counties. The city is perhaps best known as the location of Truman...

 Micropolitan Statistical Area

Kirksville micropolitan area

The Kirksville Micropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in Missouri, anchored by the city of Kirksville...

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It is today a tiny town with a population of less than fifty. Only a Baptist church and a post office remain in the former coal mining town.