BlockHickory Creek, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cuivre Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63382. It stands on Lost Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vandalia Lake quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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 Mexico quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1890 USGS Perry quadrangle1:125000
- 1942 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1973 USGS Vandalia Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Mexico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
2,779 words on this townshipHistory of Audrain County, Missouri : Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Its Townships, Towns and Villages; Together with ... Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens .., published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Cuivre Township covers its pioneers and early settlers, vandalia, its history and first business men, newspapers, daniel's bank, yandalia's growth.
Read the chapter on Cuivre Township - 2,779 words.
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 Hickory Creek (historical): 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammett Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Highes Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hushman Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culiver | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Rices Corner | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Scotts Corner | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Farber | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Martinsburg | 9.0 miles | 16 | |
| Laddonia | 9.2 miles | 15 | |
| Vandalia | 9.8 miles | 17 | |
| Bassinger Corner | 10.8 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 738786. 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.