79 topographic sheets cover 36 settlements here, and 63 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.
63 National Register listings published here, 1 of them a National Historic Landmark · the county-history sources tell 2 stories and name 298 people · people the book names include James Henry Allison (Rush Township, 1881) · James Anderson (Jackson Township, 1881) (machine-read).
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service
Among them: Jasper Wilson; Jasper Wtlson. These passages come from the identified county-history source books. Each inset names its own source and opens the exact section it comes from.
farmer, section 14, postoffice DeKalb. His father, James, was a native of North Carolina, and was one of the early pioneers of this county, and was murdered at the beginning of the war in 1861. His mother, Priscilla (Moore), was a native of Tennessee. Jasper was born in Orange County, Indiana, April 8, 1822, and when thirteen years of age' his parents moved to Will County, Illinois, and in the fall of 1837 moved to Buchanan County, Missouri, where he has since resided.
farmer, section 14, postoffice DeKalb. His father, James, was a native of North Carolina, and was one of the early pioneers of this county, and was murdered at the beginning of the war in 1861. His mother, Priscilla (Moore), was a native of Tennessee. Jasper was born in Orange County, Indiana, April 8, 1822, and when thirteen years of age his parents moved to Will County, Illinois, and in the fall of 1837 moved to Buchanan County, Missouri, where he has since resided.
Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 59 of them, burning about 1,132 acres. None started naturally and 6 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Leavenworth County | MCGEE |
| 30 November 1999 | Debris and open burning | 90 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 55 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 February 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190309-01180-02292020-1510 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176954-01180-04302018-1750 |
| 29 February 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190307-01180-02292020-1405 |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 492 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 23 injuries and about $6,329,280 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 245 |
| Hail | 178 |
| Tornado | 26 |
| Flash Flood | 22 |
| Flood | 20 |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1998 | Flash Flood | St Joseph | 1 killed, $500,000 | no account filed |
| June 1973 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 14 hurt, $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| May 1985 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | 3 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 1965 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | 2 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 1971 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 2 hurt, $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winthrop | 2 hurt, $1,000 | A fifth wheel camper was blown into another camper. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | St Joseph | $1,000,000 | The highway department reported downed trees up to 4 feet in diameter, and a tree blown down onto a car. A 90-foot flagpole was broken. A building under construction in an industrial park sustained over $1 million in damage. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | St Joseph | $300,000 | F0 tornado crossed into Missouri near the Pony Express Bridge. The tornado produced a skipping path through northwest and north portions of St. Joseph. Numerous trees were damaged or uprooted. A few homes also lost their porches. Most damage to homes was caused by falling trees and tree limbs. The tornado exited into Andrew county 2 miles east of I-29 along U.S.Highway 169. |
| May 1985 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 1969 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| January 1967 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Tornado | N St Joseph | $120,000 | Severe thunderstorms produced golf ball-size hail and downed trees near Cosby. Tornadoes touched down along Route D and over Country Club Village. Near Savanah a lumbar yard was destroyed. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Hurlingen | $100,000 | Once the Missouri River started flooding on March 9, it remained in flood through the remainder of the month. The gauge in St. Joseph, Missouri reached 32.12 feet on March 22 (preliminarily a new record). The flooding was caused by several rounds of heavy snow across the Northern Plains through the winter months, followed by a rapid warm-up and several days of heavy rain. The Missouri River Basin across the Northern Plains flooded with catastrophic consequences as numerous dams and levees failed. As the water flowed into the Missouri River upstream of Buchanan County, the river swelled and ultimately overwhelmed the levees along the river. About 1,500 residents and 6,000 employees of neighboring businesses were ushered out of the southern end of town, a city official said. Most of the evacuated dwellings were trailer homes interspersed among factories, warehouses and stockyards along a stretch of the riverfront known as the Bottoms.| Local fields were also submerged, which delayed the growing season in the region, but several roads were washed away across Atchison County, and I-29 from St. Joseph northward to the Iowa/Missouri border was closed until mid May. Note: The dollar valued assigned to this event is likely inaccurate as a full tally of the extent of the physical damages is unknown. The Missouri River remained in flood through the rest of the month, into April. |
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | St Joseph | $70,000 | Brief EF0 tornado touchdown at 1930 CST in the southern portion of Saint Joseph. Several buildings were damaged before the tornado lifted at 1932 CST. One injury was reported as well. |
| May 2007 | Flood | Industrial City | $50,000 | The Missouri River at Saint Joseph crested at 25.26 feet, or 8.26 feet above flood stage. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Kalb | $50,000 | The Buchanan County Sheriff's Office reported damage to the roof of a school in De Kalb as a result of severe thunderstorm winds. Thunderstorm winds also blew a semi tractor trailer off the road along Highway 59 in South St. Joseph. There was also the report of structural damage to a home in South St. Joseph as a result of the strong winds. St. Joseph Power and Light reported that four main transmission line structures were destroyed in the storm resulting in a power loss for many customers for over 24 hours. Two barns were destroyed between De Kalb and Taos, and several other outbuildings were damaged. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Contrary | $40,000 | Roofs were blown off several trailer roofs. The debris was strewn from southwest to northeast. An unstrapped trailer home was blown off its blocks and rolled. One to two foot diamater trees were blown down. Based on the EF kit, winds were estimated up to 89 mph. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | St Joseph | $30,000 | 200 foot cell telephone tower blown over. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | St Joseph | $25,000 | Numerous reports of tree damage. Tree was reported down on a house at the 800 block of Main Street. Another tree also fell on a truck. |
| November 1975 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 1971 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 1964 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 1960 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Contrary | $20,000 | Multiple trailers were damaged by winds, estimated up to 80 mph near Lake Contrary. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | St Joseph | $20,000 | Car and garage heavily damaged. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Industrial City | $15,000 | Missouri Highway Patrol radio tower was blown down. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faucett | $15,000 | Siding ripped off building. Also deck damage and TV antennae ripped off of a trailer home. Swing set in yard was destroyed and an above ground pool was damaged. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Contrary | $10,000 | Severe straight line winds, estimated up to 70 mph, destroyed a garage and an outbuilding along Sandy Lane. Hail was also observed to cover the ground, but the size was unknown. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | St Joseph | $10,000 | Widespread wind damage reported with many trees reported down. Tractor trailer blown over and roof partially blown off. |
| September 2000 | Hail | St Joseph | $10,000 | The Highway Patrol reported golfball to baseball size hail on the north side of St Joseph. Several windshields were broken by the large hailstones. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | St. Joseph | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds gusted to 61 mph (53 knots) at the St. Joseph Rosecrans Airport. |
| April 1995 | Hail | South St. Joseph | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcadia | $8,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds tore a roof off of a house. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | St Joseph | $7,000 | Damage was reported to an ongoing construction site, of a new Hyvee gas station, at the intersection of Faraon Street and Belt Highway. Walls were blown over. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | St Joseph | $7,000 | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | St Joseph | $5,000 | Widespread heavy rain accumulated approximately 3 to 4 inches of water in the St. Joseph area. There were not many impacts from this rain, but there was a single water rescue reported in St. Joseph. No injuries occurred from this heavy rain and flooding. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faucett | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off of a barn. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | St Joseph | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurlingen | $2,000 | Power poles were reported down, with thunderstorm wind gusts estimated up to 70 mph. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Agency | $2,000 | Powerlines were reported down. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faucett | $2,000 | Trees and power lines down. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | St. Joseph | $2,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds knocked down large tree limbs southwest of St. Joseph. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | South St Joseph | $1,000 | A power pole was reported snapped off on Pickett Road. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saxton | $1,000 | Numrous vendor tents were blown down, at the Kansas City Chiefs training camp, at Missouri Western State College. Debris was strewn about the practice field, with winds estimated up to 60 mph. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | St Joseph | $1,000 | Power lines down in the city of St. Joseph. |
| April 1956 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250 | no account filed |
| May 1962 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $30 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Agency | - | Several reports of downed wires and power outages south of St. Joseph. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Agency | - | Social media video of a downed tree on power lines in southeast Saint Joseph. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Contrary | - | Side of industrial building damaged with wall collapse. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | South St Joseph | - | Downed wires and power outages near King Hill Road. |
| May 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | South St Joseph | - | Storm survey found evidence of a 4 mile long EF-0 tornado in northern Buchanan County, with only minor tree damage found along the path. This was associated with a QLCS mesovortex. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Antonio | - | Downed trees in the Easton area. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | (Stj)St Joseph Mem A | - | St. Joseph ASOS measured another 58 mph wind gust. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rushville | - | Downed wires and numerous power outages between Rushville and De Kalb. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Agency | - | Fence blown over and minor property damage at a residence in Agency. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | (Stj)St Joseph Mem A | - | St. Joseph ASOS measured a 58 mph wind gust. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saxton | - | Downed tree and wires near 82nd Road. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saxton | - | Downed tree near Whitson Road and 80th Road. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saxton | - | Downed tree near U.S. Highway 169 and 75th Road. |
The Survey's mineral resources record lists 66 workings inside this county. 3 still produce and 63 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | 59 |
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 7 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| City Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| City Quarry #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dearborn Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Everett Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Everett Quarry No 54 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Fanning Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Farmer & Dunn Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Franks Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Heuemander Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Heumander Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mathews Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Roth Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| South St Joe Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Spencer #1 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Spencer #2 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Steele Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
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| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
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| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
The History of Buchanan County, Missouri : Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Buchanan County in the Late War, General and Local Statisics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Buchanan County, Etc., Etc devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 10 are reproduced here in full. Each row shows the township's own shape and where it lies in the county, drawn from the Census Bureau's boundary. Which settlements belong to which township is computed from that same boundary, not taken from the book.
| Shape and position in the county | Township | Settlements in it | Length | Sections |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agency Township | Agency, Evansville | 5,911 words | 26 | |
| Bloomington Township | De Kalb, Mock Corner | 9,599 words | 36 | |
| Center Township | Kyle, Matney, Maxey, Pinkston, Richie, Sparta, Willow Brook | 9,459 words | 37 | |
| Crawford Township | Faucett, Halleck, Lone Star, Taos, Wallace | 6,623 words | 20 | |
| Jackson Township | Platte River | 7,869 words | 29 | |
| Marion Township | Easton, Hurlingen, San Antonio, Stockbridge | 5,273 words | 21 | |
| Rush Township | Armour, Lewis and Clark Village, Rushville, Sugar Lake, Winthrop | 5,625 words | 17 | |
| Tremont Township | Frazier, Garrettsburg | 4,254 words | 13 | |
| Washington Township | Ashton, Clair, Kirschner, Saint Joseph, Saxton | 190 words | 0 | |
| Wayne Township | Halls, Kenmoor, Lake Station | 1,730 words | 6 |
3 books written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 102 chapters in all. Every chapter is public domain, machine-read from the scan and reproduced complete. A chapter already given under one of the county's towns is not repeated in this list.
| Chapter | Length |
|---|---|
| The Platte Purchase | 3,495 words |
| Formation of Buchanan County and Its Courts | 6,795 words |
| Chapter 6: Early History of St. Joseph | 3,959 words |
| Chapter 7: The Overland Period | 3,110 words |
| Chapter 8: Progress of St. Joseph | 2,371 words |
| Chapter 9: Municipal Government | 5,982 words |
| Municipal Officers | 6,424 words |
| Chapter 13: Education | 4,782 words |
| Chapter 14: Religious History | 5,791 words |
| Chapter 15: Public and Private Charities | 2,757 words |
| Chapter 16: Public Service Cohpohations | 3,077 words |
| Chapter 17: Public Bvildings and Federal Service | 4,390 words |
| Chapter with an unread heading (no. 14 of those read) | 15,697 words |
| Chapter 20: Finance and Commerce | 1,736 words |
| Chapter 21: Newspaper. History | 2,702 words |
| Chapter 22: Criminal Incidents | 6,033 words |
| Legal Execvtions | 4,127 words |
| Chapter 24: Casvalties | 2,803 words |
| Chapter 25: Fairs of Foumer Days | 2,699 words |
| Chapter 26: Societies | 1,962 words |
| Chapter 27: Industries, Past and Present | 5,821 words |
| Chapter 28: Reminiscences | 285,178 words in 18 parts |
Everyone The History of Buchanan County, Missouri : Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Buchanan County in the Late War, General and Local Statisics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Buchanan County, Etc., Etc stops to write about, with the section that describes them. Among them are the men who founded the place and governed the Territory. Each name opens the passage itself, in the words of 1881.
Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.
Washington township · 64504 · Near King Hill · Saint Joseph South quadrangle
18 sheets, 1927 to 1986
No longer a settlement
Rush township · 64484 · On Horseshoe Slough · Atchison East quadrangle
32 sheets, 1885 to 1990
Washington township · 64501 · On Roys Branch · Saint Joseph North quadrangle
22 sheets, 1924 to 1997
Marion township · 64443 · On Becks Branch · Cosby quadrangle
17 sheets, 1923 to 1986
No longer a settlement
The vanished settlements of Buchanan County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.
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