Jacksonville, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65260. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville quadrangle. 122 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 863 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresJacksonville fell from 151 to 122 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 | 151 | |
| 2020 | 122 | -29 (-19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1908 USGS Macon quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Macon quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Jacksonville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 162 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178109-08853-07132018-1840 |
| 12 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177294-06134-07122018-1414 |
| 7 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 68 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178097-08853-04072018-1515 |
| 7 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178098-08853-04072018-1615 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178104-08853-04292018-1645 |
| 22 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.8 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178102-08853-04222018-1850 |
| 10 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179735-08853-04102019-1813 |
| 3 February 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Jacksonville: 6 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Limestone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Limestone | 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 |
Storms near this place
5 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jacksonville in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jacksonville | $4,000 | Trees and power lines were reported down at the intersection of Dyer and Pratt Streets. A large tree had also fallen on the roof of a home. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jacksonville | - | Downed tree limbs near Holiday Acres Lake. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jacksonville | - | A trained spotter estimated 60 mph winds near Jacksonville. |
| February 2011 | Hail | Jacksonville | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Jacksonville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairo | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Darksville | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Levick Mill | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Thomas Hill | 10.8 miles | 9 | |
| Kimberly | 10.9 miles | 18 | |
| Huntsville | 10.9 miles | 16 | |
| Milton | 11.1 miles | 15 | |
| Fort Henry | 11.2 miles | 16 |
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 Jacksonville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2224505 | 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 720222. 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.







