Middletown, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63359. It stands on Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Middletown quadrangle. 171 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 682 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMiddletown grew from 167 to 171 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 | 167 | |
| 2020 | 171 | +4 (+2%) |
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 Louisiana quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Bellflower quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Bellflower quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1973 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Mexico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Middletown between 1994 and 1995, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 February 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 November 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Middletown: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Middletown in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middletown | - | Observation taken with a handheld Kestrel Anemometer just west of Middletown. Gusts of 50-60 mph continued after the initial outflow moved through for approximately 20 minutes. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middletown | - | Thunderstorm winds caused minor damage to several out buildings and tore up a section of fencing. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middletown | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and damaged a porch on a modular home in town. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middletown | - | Storm spotters estimated wind gusts at 60 mph. |
| December 2002 | Hail | Middletown | - | The Sheriff's Department reported 3/4 inch hail just west of Middletown. |
| December 2002 | Hail | Middletown | - | A storm spotter reported hail from nickel to 1 inch size in the Middletown area. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middletown | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts blew off some shingles and flashing from the roof of a home. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middletown | - | Local law enforcement reported trees down around Middletown. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Middletown | - | Skywarn spotters reported 1 inch hail. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Middletown | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Middletown | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Middletown | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Middletown | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Middletown | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middletown | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middletown | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middletown | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Middletown | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middletown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marling | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Gamma | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Buell | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Bellflower | 8.9 miles | 16 | |
| Wellsville | 9.1 miles | 16 | |
| Montgomery City | 11.4 miles | 21 | |
| Prices Branch | 12.8 miles | 20 | |
| New Florence | 15.1 miles | 20 |
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 Middletown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q962920 | 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 755560. 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.






