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Taos is a small city in eastern Cole County in central Missouri, pronounced 'TOWSS,' and it is part of the Jefferson City metropolitan area.

Taos was laid out in 1849 and named after Taos, New Mexico, while its post office was established a year earlier in 1848 and stayed in operation until 1907.

The St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church and Rectory, the centerpiece of this historically German Catholic farming community, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.

Ferdinand Helias, a Belgian-born Jesuit missionary who founded many central Missouri parishes, served as a priest in Taos.

Taos is the hometown of Tom Henke, the former Major League Baseball relief pitcher nicknamed 'The Terminator,' who was elected to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.

Taos has a sister-city partnership with Twist, Germany, reflecting the German immigrant roots of many of its founding families.

The 2020 census counted 1,150 people in Taos, a jump of about 31 percent from the 878 residents counted in 2010, after decades of almost no growth.

Taos had 331 households at the 2010 census, when more than 62 percent of its households were married couples and over 41 percent included children under 18.

Most of Taos lies within the Blair Oaks R-II School District, with a portion of the city in the Jefferson City Public Schools district.