Frankford, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Peno Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63441. It stands on Little Peno Creek. The Survey maps it on the Frankford quadrangle. 343 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 614 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFrankford grew from 323 to 343 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 323 | |
| 2020 | 343 | +20 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1890 USGS Louisiana quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Vandalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Vandalia quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1973 USGS Frankford quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Mexico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Frankford between 1992 and 2018, burning about 144 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176675-08215-04232018-1850 |
| 21 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176681-08215-04212018-1147 |
| 4 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 February 1992 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Frankford: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson Shale | Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free | Occurrence | ||
| Galloway Quarry # 1 and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frankford in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 15 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frankford | $500 | Large trees were blown along Highway 61 in extreme north Pike County. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frankford | $200 | Power lines and poles were blown down. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Frankford | - | A wide swath of large hail, up to two inches in diameter, fell across northern portions of Pike County. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Frankford | - | A swath of one inch hail fell between Frankford and Bowling Green. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frankford | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees on the north side of town. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Frankford | - | Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Highway 79 just north of intersection with Mud Lick Prairie Road. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frankford | - | Thunderstorm winds overturned a 16 foot above ground pool that still had about a foot of water in it. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frankford | - | An intense bow echo moved through Frankford blowing down numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines. Several large trees were also uprooted including a tree that was over 200 years old. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frankford | - | Thunderstorm winds caused damage to silos, medium to large trees and three homes in an area along and south of Highway B and north of County Road 123. Shingles were mainly removed from the roofs of three homes while both pine and oak trees were either snapped at the base or uprooted. Winds ranged from 65 to 75 miles per hour over this area. |
| February 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Frankford | - | The tornado initially touched down just south of Highway B, 1.9 miles east of Frankford, Missouri at approximately 10:05 PM. A machine shed was severely damaged at this location, and several missiles from the machine shed were embedded into the ground. This tornado destroyed three more machine sheds along its path. Debris was tossed between a quarter and a third of a mile to the east-northeast. The width of the damage ranged from 30 to 40 yards while the length of the tornado track was 1.4 miles. The damage was rate EF0. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frankford | - | Thunderstorm winds blew a semi off of U.S. Highway 61 near Frankford. No injuries were reported. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frankford | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several 200 year old oak trees and caused roof damage to several barns. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frankford | - | Numerous large tree limbs were blown down throughout the county, some of which were blocking roads. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Frankford | - | The public reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frankford | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed the porch and caused some roof damage to a home on Route YY southeast of Frankford. Trees were also down which blocked Route YY. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Frankford | - | Storm spotters reported golfball size hail. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frankford | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed some trees in the Frankford area. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frankford | - | Storm spotters reported trees down. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frankford | - | no account filed |
| February 2011 | Hail | Frankford | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Frankford | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Frankford | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frankford | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frankford | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Frankford | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Frankford | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Frankford | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spencerburg | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| McCune | 7.0 miles | 18 | |
| Ashburn | 8.9 miles | 14 | |
| LaMotte | 8.9 miles | 14 | |
| Busch | 9.2 miles | 14 | |
| Mundy Landing | 9.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hope | 9.6 miles | 14 | |
| Reading | 10.0 miles | 18 |
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 Frankford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q960791 | 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 729699. 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.
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.






