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Halleck, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Crawford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64448. The Survey maps it on the Dearborn quadrangle.

Halleck within Buchanan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

6,623 words on this township

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, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Crawford Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Halleck, was born in Boyle County, Kentucky, January 15, 1832, where he received a good, common school education. Emigrating to Missouri in 1849, he located at Halleck, where he read medicine under Dr. Crow. He afterwards attended lectures at Lexington, Kentucky, where he was graduated in 1855. He commenced the practice of medicine in DeKalb in the spring of 1856 ; thence he moved to Whitesville, Andrew County, where he remained until i860. He then permanently located at Halleck where he has been uniformly successful in the practice of medicine and surgery. He married Miss Josephine Finney, a native of Missouri, in 1856. By this marriage they had five children : Margaret S., Elizabeth S., Lee D., Mary P., J. H. C. His estimable wife died in 1873. In 1874 he married Miss Sarah E. Meadows, a native of Missouri, by whom he has had one child, Plato W. Dr. Robinson is a Mason and a member of the I. O". O. F. He is present (1881) Noble Grand of Truth Lodge, No. 216, Halleck. He is a member of and deacon in the Christian Church. He has also been school director for years. By his own industry he has accumulated 319 acres of land and an interest in the most valuable flouring mill in the country. He is highly popular, both personally and professionally.

Passage source: 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, published 1881.

farmer and miller, sections 5 and 6, postoffice Halleck, was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, August 12, 1846, and received a good, common school education. He was married April 5, 1874, to Miss Maggie Robinson, a native of Missouri, born May 13, i8S7- They had four children : Beulah, born September 25, 1875; Verna, born April 3, 1877; Viola, born September 3, 1878; James, born July 3, 1880; all living. Mr. Brown owns 190 acres of land, all under fence and in a good state of He devotes most of his time to the milling business at Halleck. He is a Mason and a member of the I. O. O. F. Has made all he possesses since the war.

Passage source: 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, published 1881.

farmer and teamster, Toas, postoffice Halleck, was born in Ohio, March 27, 1830, and had a fair education. Owns a house and lot in Toas and two and one-quarter acres of land adjoining the city. Was married, September 11, 1855, to Miss Mary M. Boiler. She was born September

Passage source: 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, published 1881.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Crawford Township - it names this place 16 more 16 times.

Fires near this place

11 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Halleck between 2018 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177407-01180-07242018-2100
10 June 2019Debris and open burning1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation189940-01180-06102019-1825
4 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190308-01180-03042020-1825
31 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176391-01111-03312018-1311
14 March 2018Arson/incendiarism2.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176118-01180-03142018-1336
13 March 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176115-01180-03132018-1540
29 February 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined24 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190307-01180-02292020-1405
9 December 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation251192-01180-12092020-1043

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Buchanan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Halleck: 19 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dearborn QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dearborn QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ferris QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Franks QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Spencer #1 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Spencer #2 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Buchanan County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Taos0.8 miles18
Lone Star1.6 miles18
Faucett2.0 miles18
Wallace2.1 miles18
Willow Brook3.9 miles18
Mock Corner4.8 miles19
Pinkston4.8 miles18
Sparta5.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 759713. 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.