75 topographic sheets cover 28 settlements here, and 1 property is on the National Register of Historic Places.
1 National Register listing published here · the county-history sources tell 1 story and name 87 people · people the book names include R. G. Anderson (Atchison Township, 1881) · J. W. Anderson' (Lafayette Township, 1881) (machine-read).
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service
Among them: Daniel Reed. These passages come from the identified county-history source books. Each inset names its own source and opens the exact section it comes from.
section 15, post office Edgerton, was born May 18, 1849. ^"*^^ ^^ native of this count}-, where he has been raised. John, the father of the subject of this sketch, was an old pioneer of this district, and a man closel)' connected with its interests from an early day. He was shot and killed b\' Federals in 1862.
Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
| Photograph | Property | Type | Listed | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | David L. and Sallie Ann Stoutimore House | building | 2013 | 13000536 |
Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 50 of them, burning about 424 acres. None started naturally and 1 was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 128416-02517-04172015-1406 |
| 25 January 2002 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 31 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177620-02515-03312018-0930 |
| 4 April 2018 | Other causes | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177624-02515-04042018-1736 |
| 22 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177691-02581-03222018-1339 |
| 7 February 1995 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 9.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177688-02581-03152018-1348 |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 345 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 2 injuries and about $1,128,310 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hail | 161 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 142 |
| Tornado | 26 |
| Flash Flood | 12 |
| Flood | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Flood | Gower | 1 killed, $10,000 | Well after rain had ended, Castille Creek was high enough to cover the road at County Line road. The vehicle entered the flooded waters and was swept off the road into a nearby field, where one occupant drowned. Three others were able to get out of the vehicle or be rescued. The time of this occurrence was taken from news reports. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Converse | 1 hurt, $50,000 | A 3 to 4 foot tree with noticeable stump rot fell onto a vehicle giving the occupant minor injuries. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lathrop | 1 hurt | A tree was blown over, causing a minor hip injury to a person, at the Lathrop Fairgrounds. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cameron | $500,000 | Several barns and farm buildings were blown down or heavily damaged across the county. Numerous hogs and cattle were killed in the Cameron area when hay barns were completely demolished. Houses were also damaged in the city of Cameron where vinyl siding was blown off and business signs were blown down. |
| March 1955 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cameron | $50,000 | Minor roof damage was reported to several homes, and several porches and outbuildings weredestroyed. |
| May 1993 | Tornado (F1) | Cameron | $50,000 | Trees were uprooted and power lines knocked down as a tornado touched down north of Turney and travelled to five miles southwest of Cameron. |
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cameron | $50,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| May 1971 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| November 1971 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| January 1967 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Plattsburg | $20,000 | Tornado crossed into Dekalb county near Osborn. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Plattsburg | $10,000 | A brief EF0 tornado touchdown at 2252 CST was reported 4 miles south of Plattsburg, around J Highway and Middle Road. The tornado lifted at 2255 CST, with damage reported to two greenhouses/outbuildings. Trees larger than one foot in diamater, were also found snapped off at a height of 14 feet. These trees blocked roads. Power lines were also reported down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lathrop | $10,000 | Several trees were downed along Interstate 35. Debris from a nearby outbuilding was blown onto the interstate. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turney | $10,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds blew a tree into a window at a house in Turney. The brick chimney was also blown down as a result of the winds. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were knocked down. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gower | $5,000 | Large trees were blown down. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Lathrop | $5,000 | Hail reached golf ball-size. |
| May 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Kearney to | $5,000 | A small tornado touched down west of Kearney and moved northeast for approximately ten miles. Trees were damaged along the path while a shed was damaged near Holt. |
| April 1973 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $2,500 | no account filed |
| April 1967 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $2,500 | no account filed |
| April 1964 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $2,500 | no account filed |
| May 1959 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $2,500 | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Lathrop | $2,000 | Emergency Management reported a funnel three-quarters of the way to the surface, with dust whirls and an occasional power flash. A video sent to the office via Twitter showed what appears to be a weak tornado with a truncated funnel and dust whirls at the surface. Since the tornado did not have a continuous path and since it was relegated mostly to open fields the damage was minimized to tree limbs and a few power lines. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrin | $2,000 | A power pole was bent over and a carport was blown 100 feet from its original location, at the intersection of State Road T and 33 Highway. |
| October 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gower | $2,000 | Roof damage and trees down. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lathrop | $2,000 | power lines down. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lathrop | $2,000 | 10 to 16 inch trees and power lines down. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Turney | $1,000 | Water was reported flowing over Highway A in Turney. One vehicle accident was reported with this flooding. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cameron | $1,000 | Trees and power lines down. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Converse | $750 | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 80 mph. There were reports of tree damage and minor roof damage. |
| April 1979 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250 | no account filed |
| May 1963 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250 | no account filed |
| April 1967 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $30 | no account filed |
| June 1957 | Tornado (F0) | not stated | $30 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Cameron Muni Arpt | - | Quarter sized hail in Cameron. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Lathrop | - | Social media report of quarter sized hail in Lathrop. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Converse | - | Ping pong ball sized hail east of Lake Arrowhead. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hemple | - | Tree limbs and wires down east of Easton. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gridley | - | Private weather sensor measured a 60 knot wind gust. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Starfield | - | Downed limbs and wires near Kirk Road east of Gower. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turney | - | Downed wires near Route H. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cameron Muni Arpt | - | AWOS sensor KEZZ in Cameron recorded a 57 knot wind gust. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrin | - | Multiple reports of downed limbs and wires near Stewartsville. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Starfield | - | Downed wires near 312th Street. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hemple | - | Report of trees downed across Stewartsville. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plattsburg | - | Downed tree and wires near Burnside Avenue near Plattsburg. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plattsburg | - | Downed tree and wires near Burnside Avenue near Plattsburg. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plattsburg | - | Downed tree and wires from thunderstorm outflow near West Concord Drive near Plattsburg. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Starfield | - | Downed wires near Prairie View Road east of Gower. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Converse | - | Downed tree limb and wires near Valleyview Lane near Lake Arrowhead. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Converse | - | Downed wires near County Line Road north of Lawson. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cameron | - | Tree limbs downed in Cameron. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cameron Muni Arpt | - | Cameron AWOS measured a gust of 60 mph. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cameron Muni Arpt | - | Trees downed across southern Cameron. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cameron Muni Arpt | - | Trees downed across southern Cameron. |
| October 2024 | Hail | Trimble | - | Spotter reported quarter sized hail between 620-624 pm. |
| October 2024 | Hail | Mecca | - | Delayed social media report and photo of hail up to half dollar size near Smithville Reservoir. Time estimated from radar. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plattsburg | - | Downed trees and wires near Plotsky Avenue. Several social media reports confirming widespread tree and minor property damage in the town of Plattsburg. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plattsburg | - | Three inch tree limbs broken; Power poles broken. |
The Survey's mineral resources record lists 72 workings inside this county. 2 still produce and 70 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | 71 |
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 1 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Everett Q #28-50 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Everett Quarry # 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Everett Quarry #20 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hawkins Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Meakley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Trimble Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
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| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wilkerson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
History of Clinton and Caldwell Counties, Missouri devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atchison Township | Gower, Scearces, Starfield | 11,621 words | 24 | |
| Clinton Township | Lilly | 2,138 words | 6 | |
| Hardin Township | Grayson, Mecca, Trimble, Westbridge | 4,629 words | 13 | |
| Jackson Township | Barnesville, Converse, Guyton, Haynesville, Lake Arrowhead | 3,802 words | 12 | |
| Lafayette Township | Hemple | 13,954 words | 35 | |
| Lathrop Township | Lathrop, Plainview, Turney | 12,502 words | 16 | |
| Shoal Township | Cameron, Keystone, West Keystone | 871 words | 1 |
2 books written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 8 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 whole text | 159,720 words in 11 parts |
| Chapter | Length |
|---|---|
| Chapter 2: Location and Environment | 1,507 words |
| Chapter 4 | 3,101 words |
| Chapter 6: Cities and Towns | 10,596 words |
| Chapter 8: Schools | 3,440 words |
| Chapter 10: Agriculture | 5,083 words |
| Chapter 12: The Civil War Period | 2,180 words |
| Chapter 13: World War | 2,550 words |
Everyone History of Clinton and Caldwell Counties, Missouri 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 1923.
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.
Shoal township · 64429 · Cameron West quadrangle
16 sheets, 1925 to 1986
No longer a settlement
The vanished settlements of Clinton County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.
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