Historic Places. Continuing demographic changes throughout the 20th century have resulted in a decrease in the number and proportion of African Americans in most of the seven counties of Little Dixie. Only Boone County in 2010 had an increase in African-American population since 2000. Blacks made up 9.29 percent of the population. In each of the other six counties, African Americans made up 6 percent or less of total population. In each case, the number and proportion of blacks in the population had declined since 2000. References Further reading Robert M. Crisler, "Missouri's Little Dixie," Missouri Historical Review (Columbia, MO), Volume XLII [April 1948], pp. 130 - 139 Roy E. Coy, editor. Little Dixie and the Mystic Land of Poosey, St. Joseph, MO: St. Joseph Museum, 1954 R. Douglas Hurt, Agriculture and Slavery in Missouri's Little Dixie, Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1993 Albert Edmund Trombly. Little Dixie, Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Studies, 1955. Paul I. Wellman, "Missouri's Little Dixie is Real Although it Appears on No Maps," Kansas City Times, 5 December 1941. Howard W. Marshall, Folk Architecture in Little Dixie: A Regional Culture in Missouri, Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1981 External links Jack Blanton (1869-1955), "The Truth about Little Dixie", n.d., c. 1940s, reprinted from Mexico Ledger, in Monroe County Quarterly, Vol. 4, Issue 1, Spring 2007; hosted at Rootsweb "Map of Little Dixie, Missouri", Missouri Division - Sons of Confederate Veterans Website Missouri's Little Dixie, Official Website Regions of Missouri Midwestern United States History of slavery in Missouri