Lincoln County, Missouri

98 topographic sheets cover 52 settlements here, and 5 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

5 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service

Missouri within the United States

Lincoln County within Missouri

What the record shows

902 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
5 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 4 districts and 1 building.
1 of the 5 listings was added during the 1970s.
The Geographic Names Information System records 52 populated places in this county; 52 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
1 public-domain county history, 1888, supplies 14,799 words of narrative reproduced here.

Places on the National Register

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Property	Type	Listed	Reference
Camp Sherwood Forest Historic District	district	1985	85000512
Cuivre River State Park Administrative Area Historic District	district	1985	85000514
Downtown Troy Historic District	district	2013	13000857
Lock and Dam No. 25 Historic District	district	2004	04000184
Old Rock House	building	1972	72000721

Wildfire, 1993 to 2020

47 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 47 of them, burning about 264 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	21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	19
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Smoking	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Arson/incendiarism	1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
3 March 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	100 acres	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
30 November 1994	Debris and open burning	25 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
13 April 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	122150-02379-04132015-1100
17 June 1997	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
22 November 2016	Arson/incendiarism	9.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	142014-00008-11222016-1000
12 December 2019	Smoking	8.3 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	179679-08213-12122019-1245
13 April 2017	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
2 December 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1953 to 2026

60 of 390 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 390 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 9 injuries and about $18,832,060 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Thunderstorm Wind	193
Hail	119
Flash Flood	38
Tornado	24
Flood	13
Heavy Rain	2
Lightning	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
March 2006	Tornado (F3)	Olney	6 hurt, $2,500,000	The tornado that formed in Montgomery County north of Bellflower moved into Lincoln County, strengthened, and caused extensive damage along Highway E on the north side of Olney. A home was completely destroyed as the tornado reached F3 intensity and was about 300 yards wide. The family at home escaped injury as they had taken shelter in the basement. About 1:35 am CST, the tornado destroyed a home and caused damage to a home business along Highway H northwest of Silex. At this point the tornado was a strong F2 and about 200 yards wide. A man in the home that was destroyed suffered a broken leg. At the home business, the home suffered roof damage and had the north side brick wall pulled off of the house. A large machine shed suffered extensive damage and a 50 foot travel trailer and the pickup truck it was attached too were blown onto their sides. The tornado continued northeast and primarily crossed over wildlife and conservation areas south of Whiteside. The tornado crossed US Highway 61 near the intersection with Highway F about 1:40 am CST and caused minor damage at a farm and a couple of homes. An old barn was destroyed, a metal shed was destroyed, a garage had the door buckled and windows blown out. A nearly constant trail of tree damage continued as the tornado approached the Lincoln Pike County line west of Dameron about 1:46 am CST.
March 1973	Tornado (F1)	not stated	1 hurt, $25,000	no account filed
December 1957	Tornado (F1)	not stated	1 hurt, $25,000	no account filed
March 1953	Tornado (F1)	not stated	1 hurt, $25,000	no account filed
June 2019	Flash Flood	Winfield	$5,400,000	The Winfield Pin Oaks Levee system was breached during the afternoon hours on Sunday, June 2nd. The breach was at least 100 feet wide. The water rose quickly and reached the houses in the area beginning around 6 pm. An estimated 150 homes were affected by the levee breach and 250 people evacuated the area. No deaths or injuries occurred due to this levee breach.
July 2025	Flash Flood	Apex	$5,000,000	Heavy rain resulted in 42 water rescues in Lincoln County. The only official report of a road closure was MO-79 at Brownsmill Road where swift moving floodwater was reported. In Elsberry, 50 homes and 20 to 30 businesses were affected by the flooding, and a state of emergency was declared.
May 2019	Flood	Winfield	$2,000,000	Portions of the Winfield Main, Foley and Cap Au Gris levees were overtopped due to the rising waters of the Mississippi River. Between 20 and 30 homes were flooded and portions of Highway 79 were flooded as well.
June 2008	Flood	Dameron	$1,600,000	Lincoln County was the area most affected by the Mississippi River flood of 2008. At Winfield, the river crested at 37.08 feet on 6/27/2008. This is the second highest crest ever recorded. All of the land east of Highway 79 was flooded. At the height of the flood, Highway 79 also went underwater near Old Monroe, Winfield, Foley, and Elsberry. Almost all of Foley went underwater. The southeast part of Winfield, about 100 homes, flooded when the Pin Oak levee failed. In Old Monroe, the waste water treatment plant was flooded by water from the Cuivre River, which was back water from the flooded Mississippi. According to damage assessments made by local emergency management officials, 814 homes were affected. 742 were destroyed, 36 suffered major damage, and 36 were affected. Damage to public infrastructure was estimated at $1,600,000.
June 2008	Flash Flood	Cap Au Gris	$500,000	The Pin Oak Levee near the Mississippi River failed causing flood waters to rush towards the town of Winfield. At least 60 homes were flooded in Winfield west of Highway 79.
June 2008	Flash Flood	Apex	$500,000	A levee break was reported near Highway M, southeast of Elsberry. It flooded areas east of Highway 79 to the Mississippi River in the Kings Lake and southern Elsberry Levee districts. The flood waters moved into Foley, flooding a couple dozen homes. Another levee broke further north a couple of hours later affecting the areas to the north of the original levee break.
April 1984	Tornado (F3)	not stated	$250,000	no account filed
October 1969	Tornado (F2)	not stated	$250,000	no account filed
December 2015	Flood	Truxton	$240,000	Between 4 and 7 inches of rain fell across Lincoln County during a 2 day period. All of this rain caused the creeks and rivers to rise. The Cuivre River went into major flood. Almost 30 structures were either damaged or destroyed from the river flooding. Damage estimates so far were around $235,000.
February 1999	Tornado (F1)	Whiteside	$100,000	no account filed
June 2008	Flash Flood	Cap Au Gris	$75,000	A 150 foot section of the Cap Au Gris Levee failed about a quarter of a mile south of the Winfield Lock and Dam on the Mississippi River. It flooded mostly farmland as well as a couple of houses and farm buildings. The secondary Winfield Levee (Pin Oak) kept the flood waters away from Winfield at this time.
July 2025	Flash Flood	Elsberry	$60,000	Multiple roads were closed in Lincoln County due to heavy rainfall. These include Highway A outside of Hawk Point, Highway P in Elsberry, Highway B at Bryant's Creek Road, Highway C in multiple locations near Moscow Mills, Highway H near the Cuivre River due to water exceeding the river's banks, and numerous other unnamed roads. On Highway 61 near Davis, vehicles were stopped due to water on the road at multiple locations, including its intersections with County Roads K,V,B, and E.
July 2022	Flash Flood	Olney	$50,000	Up to 11 inches of rain fell between a 6 to 10 hour period causing flash flooding. The heaviest rain was across the far southern portions of Lincoln County. Numerous roads were flooded including Route J south of Troy, Route C west of Old Monroe, and Route MM. Also, a culvert was washed out on Route U between Fred Norton Road and Giles road. Several water rescues were performed. One driver was northbound on Highway J just south of Big Creek in the early morning hours and could not see the flooded roadway in front of her. Before she knew it she was in the water and could not back out of it. The vehicle began to float and fill with water. She called her husband, told him where she was at and asked for him to call 911. She managed to get out of one of her back doors and slip out, grabbing a branch just before her vehicle was completely submerged. It took two and a half hours for the fire rescue to get a boat to the location and rescue her from the tree she was clinging to. She was uninjured. With the other rescues, no one was injured as well.
April 2013	Flood	Dameron	$50,000	The Mississippi River rose to major flood levels along the border with Lincoln County. The river crested on 23rd, but remained above flood stage into May. The only major damage occurred in Winfield. A levee failure resulted in the flooding of about 20 homes on the east side of Highway 79 in the Winfield Acres area.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawk Pt	$40,000	A swath of wind damage extended from Hawk Point to Troy. Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. Just southwest of Troy along Highway J, a tree was blown over onto a house causing moderate damage.
May 1983	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
April 1955	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Troy	$20,000	A swath of damaging winds occurred over Lincoln County from Troy to Winfield. Several trees were blown down on to Highway KK just north of Troy. Also, numerous tree limbs, small trees and power lines were blown down. In Winfield, a small barn sustained moderate roof damage.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Davis	$15,000	Thunderstorm winds caused a barn to lose several sections of its roof. There was no other damage in the vicinity.
December 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Winfield	$7,000	Several street lights were blown over in town.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Elsberry	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a power pole near Elsberry.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Argentville	$5,000	A large tree snapped and fell onto power lines nearby.
March 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Silex	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off of the front porch of a house in Silex. Also, about 3 miles north of Troy a large tree was blown down and in Old Monroe numerous large tree limbs were blown down around town.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Foley	$5,000	Amateur radio spotters reported power lines down in Foley.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Troy	$5,000	Thunderstorm wind gusts blew down the sign of a local restaurant.
May 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Troy	$5,000	The county sheriff reported trees and power lines down with wind gusts estimated at 40 to 50 miles an hour. Golf ball-size hail was reported by spotters east of Troy a few minutes later.
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Troy	$5,000	no account filed
April 1993	Hail	Davis	$5,000	no account filed
June 2013	Flood	Dameron	$3,000	The Mississippi River started June in flood and hit major flood levels cresting on the 2nd. The river fell the rest of the month but remained in flood into July. Damage was limited to some flooded roads and flooded farmland.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Winfield	$3,000	A large rotten tree was blown down onto the roof of a trailer causing moderate damage.
November 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Winfield and Old Monr	$1,200	Numerous utility poles were blown down and wires damaged. Schools remained closed the following day due to lack of power.
April 2023	Hail	South Troy	$1,000	A wide swath of large hail fell across Lincoln County from about 3 miles south of Cave, through Troy to Foley and Winfield. One house just southwest of Foley had a window broken by the large hail.
April 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Troy	$800	The county sheriff reported minor damage to a mobile home southeast Troy and utility poles were blown down near Winfield.
May 1993	Hail	Troy	$500	The county sheriff reported trees and power lines down with wind gusts estimated at 40 to 50 miles an hour. Golf ball-size hail was reported by spotters east of Troy a few minutes later.
April 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Winfield	$300	The county sheriff reported minor damage to a mobile home southeast Troy and utility poles were blown down near Winfield.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Troy	$200	Large trees were blown down south of Troy.
June 1962	Tornado (F0)	not stated	$30	no account filed
May 1955	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$30	no account filed
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Troy	-	Thunderstorm winds downed a tree on East Cherry Street. Live powerlines were also downed on the same street.
April 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Ethlyn	-	Thunderstorm winds snapped power poles and numerous tree limbs from just north of Flint Hill northeast to Winfield. Near Old Monroe a farm outbuilding was collapsed, the siding peeled from a home, and the roof removed from a mobile home.
April 2026	Tornado (EF1)	South Troy	-	A brief tornado touched down along Linns Mill Road near Coon Creek, southwest of Troy, and moved northeast. The tornado crossed Forest Acres Lane and Crooked Creek before lifting along Sugar Grove Road. Along it's path it produced tree damage, snapping some tree trunks and uprooting other trees. This damage suggests a maximum wind speed of approximately 95 mph.
April 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Moscow Mills	-	Thunderstorm winds snapped two 6 inch diameter limbs from trees just south of Troy.
April 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	South Troy	-	Thunderstorm winds caused damage from near the Woodland Airstrip northeast into Winfield. Near the beginning, winds peeled back the roof of an old farm outbuilding and caused a small farm outbuilding to collapse upon itself. Winds blew down tree branches, power lines, and power poles along its path. Between Moscow Mills and Troy, a billboard was blown over onto a mobile home which sustained damage.
April 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Argentville	-	Thunderstorm winds downed power lines on Ethlyn Road.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	South Troy	-	Thunderstorm winds knocked down tree branches between Hawk Point and Troy just south of Highway 47. The thunderstorm then produced a 78 mph wind gust at Avery Park in Troy.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Foley	-	Thunderstorm winds knocked electric lines down at Fox Run Road and Vee Valley Farms.
April 2024	Hail	Corso	-	Hailstones between 1 and 1.75 inches were reported in Silex, Auburn, and New Hope.
November 2024	Tornado (EF0)	Ethlyn	-	The tornado then crossed Highway 61 from St. Charles County into far southern Lincoln County doing minor and isolated tree damage before lifting. The tornado had a path length of 1.14 miles and a max path width of 25 yards in Lincoln County. No deaths or injuries were reported.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawk Pt	-	A bowing segment merged with the primary line of storms, causing widespread wind damage across southern portion of Lincoln County. Near Hawk Point, an open sided pole barn was shifted off it's foundation with part of the end wall blown out. There were numerous reports of trees down throughout Troy and one report of downed power poles near Old Monroe.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawk Pt	-	Widespread tree and power line damage between Hawk Point and Troy. Several trees were blown down along Highway 47 south of Hawk Point. In Troy, a 4 to 5 foot diameter tree fell onto a residence near the intersection of West Cherry and 4th Street. The residence sustained major damage. No injuries were reported.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Argentville	-	In an area from about 4 miles west of Foley south to Old Monroe, widespread tree and power line damaged occurred. Also, in Old Monroe the fire department's repeater tower was blown down.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Elsberry	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down a number of power lines around town.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawk Pt	-	Several trees were blown down between Hawk Point and Troy, some of which were blocking roadways. Also, an electric pole was snapped in half.
June 2021	Flash Flood	Hawk Pt	-	Up to five inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including Highway J west of Troy. Two water rescues were performed. One about 4 miles west of Winfield and another one about 4 miles west northwest of Old Monroe. No injuries were reported.
July 2021	Flash Flood	Olney	-	Up to four inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including at the intersection of Highways E and O north of Olney.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Troy	-	A line of severe storms moved east across Lincoln County. Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. In Troy, a large tree limb was blown onto a house causing minor roof damage. East of Troy along Highway 47, three power poles were snapped off.

Mines and quarries

49 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 49 workings inside this county. 8 still produce and 41 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Stone, Crushed/Broken	21
Clay	17
Sand and Gravel, Construction	10
Iron	1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Site	Commodity	Status
Morris Bank	Iron	Past Producer
Glacial Sand & Gravel Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Kimaterials Sand & Gravel Pit/Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown S&G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown S&G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown S&G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown S&G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown S&G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown S&G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown S&G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown S&G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Clay	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Clay	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Clay	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Clay	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Clay	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Clay	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Clay	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Clay	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Clay	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Clay	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Clay	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Clay	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Clay	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Clay	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Clay	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Clay	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Clay	Clay	Past Producer
Behrens Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Cobb Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Columbia Quarries	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Dameron Quarry & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Gessman Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Hammond Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Lincoln Co Hwy Dept	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Lincoln Co Hwy Dept	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Lincoln Quarry & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Magruder Quarry & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Meyer Quarry & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Ray & Briscoe / Quarry & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unknown Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

The townships, in 1888

14,799 words

History of Lincoln County, Missouri, from the Earliest Time to the Present devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 3 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.

Township	Settlements in it	Length	Sections
Hurricane Township	Dameron, Elsberry, New Hope, Okete, Old Westport Landing	450 words	0
Millwood Township	Davis, Mackville, Millwood	13,059 words	6
Monroe Township	Brevator, Cap au Gris, Chain of Rocks, Chantilly, Ethlyn, Fountain N' Lakes, Highview, Maryknoll, New Salem, Old Monroe, Winfield	1,290 words	1

The county's history books

198,558 words

One book written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 14 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.

History of Lincoln County, Missouri, from the Earliest Time to the Present (1888)

Chapter	Length
Chapter 6	58,876 words in 4 parts
Chapter 1: Location, Topography, Geology, Etc	4,137 words
Chapter 2: Indian Affairs and War of 1812	6,479 words
Chapter 3: Early Settlement	10,245 words
Chapter 4: Organization of the County, Courts, Etc	10,692 words
Chapter 5: Land Gkants, Railroads, Etc	10,125 words
Chapter 6: Taxation, Finances, Population, Etc	2,420 words
Chapter 7: Agriculture, Horticulture and Live Stock	2,219 words
Chapter 8: County Officers	2,214 words
Chapter 9: Elections, Judiciary, Etc	3,797 words
Chapter 10: Bench and Bar	17,931 words in 2 parts
Chapter 14: Educational Interests	4,388 words
Chapter 15: Ecclesiastical^	6,751 words
Chapter 16: Miscellaneous	58,284 words in 4 parts

Every populated place in the county

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.

Apex

Burr Oak township · 63347 · On Hurricane Creek · Luckett Ridge quadrangle

12 sheets, 1934 to 1985
Argentville

Burr Oak township · 63389 · Luckett Ridge quadrangle

12 sheets, 1934 to 1985
Auburn

Union township · 63377 · On Draper Branch · Auburn quadrangle

13 sheets, 1934 to 1985
Brevator

Monroe township · 63369 · On Brushy Fork · Winfield quadrangle

27 sheets, 1903 to 1993
Briscoe

Union township · 63379 · On Nulls Creek · Silex quadrangle

16 sheets, 1890 to 1986
Brussells

Snow Hill township · 63347 · On Cunningham Creek · Okete quadrangle

13 sheets, 1934 to 1985
Burr Oak

Burr Oak township · 63347 · On Upper Sandy Creek · Luckett Ridge quadrangle

12 sheets, 1934 to 1985

No longer a settlement
Cap au Gris

Monroe township · 63389 · On Sandy Chute · Winfield quadrangle

27 sheets, 1903 to 1993
Cave

Bedford township · 63379 · On Lead Creek · Silex quadrangle

16 sheets, 1890 to 1986
Chain of Rocks

Monroe township · 63369 · On Jordan Branch · Maryknoll quadrangle

22 sheets, 1903 to 1985
Chantilly

Monroe township · 63389 · Maryknoll quadrangle

22 sheets, 1903 to 1985

No longer a settlement
Corso

Nineveh township · 63377 · Louisville quadrangle

15 sheets, 1890 to 1986
Cuivre Heights

Bedford township · 63379 · On West Fork Cuivre River · Okete quadrangle

13 sheets, 1934 to 1985
Dameron

Hurricane township · 63343 · On Dry Fork · Elsberry quadrangle

12 sheets, 1934 to 1985
Davis

Millwood township · 63379 · On Paris Branch · Silex quadrangle

16 sheets, 1890 to 1986
Elsberry

Hurricane township · 63343 · On Page Branch · Elsberry quadrangle

12 sheets, 1934 to 1985
Ethlyn

Monroe township · 63369 · Maryknoll quadrangle

22 sheets, 1903 to 1985
Fairview

Nineveh township · 63377 · On Camp Creek · Truxton quadrangle

16 sheets, 1890 to 1986
Famous

Bedford township · 63379 · On Paris Branch · Silex quadrangle

16 sheets, 1890 to 1986
Foley

Burr Oak township · 63347 · On Barley Branch · Foley quadrangle

15 sheets, 1930 to 1993
Fountain N' Lakes

Monroe township · 63362 · Maryknoll quadrangle

22 sheets, 1903 to 1985
Hawk Point

Hawk Point township · 63349 · Hawk Point quadrangle

21 sheets, 1890 to 1985
Highview

Monroe township · 63369 · Maryknoll quadrangle

22 sheets, 1903 to 1985

No longer a settlement
Hobart

Waverly township · 63344 · On Brushy Creek · Eolia quadrangle

16 sheets, 1890 to 1986
Hopkinsville

Waverly township · 63344 · On Sandy Creek · Eolia quadrangle

16 sheets, 1890 to 1986
Kings Lake

Burr Oak township · 63347 · On Old Kings Lake Creek · Foley quadrangle

15 sheets, 1930 to 1993
Linns Mills

Clark township · 63379 · On Casmer Branch · Warrenton NE quadrangle

20 sheets, 1890 to 1985

No longer a settlement
Louisville

Waverly township · 63334 · Louisville quadrangle

15 sheets, 1890 to 1986
Mackville

Millwood township · 63377 · On Peasel Branch · Silex quadrangle

16 sheets, 1890 to 1986
Maryknoll

Monroe township · 63369 · On Jordan Branch · Maryknoll quadrangle

22 sheets, 1903 to 1985
Mashek

Hawk Point township · 63379 · On Cottonwood Branch · Silex quadrangle

16 sheets, 1890 to 1986

No longer a settlement
Millwood

Millwood township · 63377 · Silex quadrangle

16 sheets, 1890 to 1986
Moscow Mills

Clark township · 63362 · On Whitcomb Branch · Troy quadrangle

24 sheets, 1903 to 1985
New Hope

Hurricane township · 63343 · Near Luckett Ridge · Elsberry quadrangle

12 sheets, 1934 to 1985
New Salem

Monroe township · 63389 · Luckett Ridge quadrangle

12 sheets, 1934 to 1985

No longer a settlement
Oasis

Burr Oak township · 63347 · On Old Kings Lake Creek · Foley quadrangle

15 sheets, 1930 to 1993
Okete

Hurricane township · 63379 · Okete quadrangle

13 sheets, 1934 to 1985
Old Monroe

Monroe township · 63369 · Winfield quadrangle

27 sheets, 1903 to 1993
Old Westport Landing

Hurricane township · 63343 · On Kickapoo Chute · Hamburg quadrangle

15 sheets, 1930 to 1993
Olney

Nineveh township · 63359 · On Brush Creek · Truxton quadrangle

16 sheets, 1890 to 1986
Owen

Clark township · 63362 · On Groshong Branch · Maryknoll quadrangle

22 sheets, 1903 to 1985

No longer a settlement
Parkers Landing

Burr Oak township · 63347 · Near Jim Crow Island · Foley quadrangle

15 sheets, 1930 to 1993
Parkers Park

Burr Oak township · 63347 · On Sandy Creek · Foley quadrangle

15 sheets, 1930 to 1993
Silex

Union township · 63377 · On Dry Branch · Silex quadrangle

16 sheets, 1890 to 1986
South Troy

Clark township · 63379 · On Meister Branch · Troy quadrangle

24 sheets, 1903 to 1985
Stepanek Crossing

Bedford township · 63379 · On Dry Branch · Silex quadrangle

16 sheets, 1890 to 1986
Sterling Landing

Burr Oak township · 63347 · Near Stag Island · Foley quadrangle

15 sheets, 1930 to 1993
Stillhouse Ford

Nineveh township · On Brush Creek · Bellflower North quadrangle

16 sheets, 1890 to 1986
Troy

Bedford township · 63379 · Troy quadrangle

24 sheets, 1903 to 1985
Truxton

Prairie township · 63381 · On Picnic Branch · Truxton quadrangle

16 sheets, 1890 to 1986
Whiteside

Union township · 63377 · Near Pea Ridge · Eolia quadrangle

16 sheets, 1890 to 1986
Winfield

Monroe township · 63389 · Near Lick Hollow · Winfield quadrangle

27 sheets, 1903 to 1993

The vanished settlements of Lincoln County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.