King City, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64463. The Survey maps it on the King City quadrangle. 799 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,106 feet above sea level.
On record in King City
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
- Opera Hall Blocklisted 2002
Population over time
2 figuresKing City fell from 1,013 to 799 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 | 1,013 | |
| 2020 | 799 | -214 (-21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1925 USGS Stanberry quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Stanberry quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Stanberry quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS King City quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Maryville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of King City in 2005, burning about 700 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 700 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | KING CITY |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of King City: 14 past producers, 2 unknowns. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maynes Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
Storms near this place
21 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names King City in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 10 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | King City | $4,000 | Several power poles were blown over in King city. A truck was also overturned. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | King City | $4,000 | Severe thunderstorms moved through the county, producing wind gusts up to 60 mph in the King City area. Numerous power outages were reported. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | King City | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | King City | $1,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. Minor damage was reported at the Willcross Seed building in King City. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | King City | $1,000 | Power lines were reported down. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | King City | $1,000 | Trees and power lines downed. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | King City | $1,000 | Power lines downed. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | King City | - | Highway 169 just south of King City was closed due to water over the road. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | King City | - | Parts of trees and pole barns strewn along Highway 48 west of King City. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | King City | - | Power lines downed. |
| March 2012 | Hail | King City | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | King City | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | King City | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | King City | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | King City | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | King City | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | King City | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | King City | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | King City | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | King City | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | King City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford City | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Douglas | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Island City | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Berlin | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Gentryville | 11.1 miles | 12 | |
| Stanberry | 11.5 miles | 13 | |
| McCurry | 12.0 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 12.2 miles | 13 |
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 King City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q953366 | 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 720609. 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.







