BlockFarrar, Missouri
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Salem Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63746. The Survey maps it on the Crosstown quadrangle. It stands 587 feet above sea level.
On record in Farrar
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Eggers and Company General Storelisted 2007
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 26 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1918 USGS Altenburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS Altenburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Altenburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Crosstown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Crosstown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Altenburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Crosstown quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Farrar: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farrar in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farrar | $25,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds uprooted large trees and knocked a shed off its foundation. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Farrar | - | Ping pong ball size hail fell in Farrar. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka | 3.0 miles | 26 | |
| Brazeau | 3.4 miles | 26 | |
| Grand Eddy | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| Crosstown | 3.7 miles | 26 | |
| Seventysix | 4.2 miles | 28 | |
| Calvary Church | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Longtown | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Menfro | 5.5 miles | 23 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Farrar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3471809 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 717857. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.