Milo, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Drywood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64767. The Survey maps it on the Nevada quadrangle. 57 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 879 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMilo fell from 90 to 57 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 | 90 | |
| 2020 | 57 | -33 (-37%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 21 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.
- 1886 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1933 USGS Camp Clark quadrangle1:24000
- 1933 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
7,494 words on this townshipHistory of Vernon County, Missouri : Past and Present, Including an Account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County, published 1911 names this settlement in its chapter on Drywood Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The first postoffice in the southern part of Vernon county was at the residence of Judge William Hudson, who was the first postmaster. The office was called Drywood. After Judge Hud¬ son the next postmaster was Judge James Grace. After the war Peter Teel had charge of the office for many years. Then it was moved a mile to the eastward, and when Milo was estab¬ lished the office was discontinued or practically removed to Milo.
Passage source: History of Vernon County, Missouri : Past and Present, Including an Account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County, published 1911.
Milo Baptist Church was organized December 5, 1885. Many of the original members had been connected with West Fork Baptist church. Among them were J. H. Sheets, Rufus W. Sheets, Mrs. Frances Sheets, W. B. Sheets, Ella M. Thornton, Ella J. Thornton, Susan Slow, Addie Baskett, 0. G. B. Cline, Melissa Cline, Mary E. Cline, Bettie Guthrie, John T. Hill, Mary E. Hill, Martha A. Deeper, Matt Webb, Adela Webb, Edith Webb, Mary Webb, John and Martha Fields. The folloAving were additional constituent members of Milo church: J. H. Lloyd and Avife, R. J. Dale and Avife, Mary BroAvnwell, John W. Curtis, Dr. John Ford and Avife, Joseph Ford, Thomas J. Shouse. Mary F. Shouse, Fmma Shouse, Mary Smith, William Northcroft and Avife and Emma Northcroft. Present pastor, 1911, Rev. S. B. Moon.
Passage source: History of Vernon County, Missouri : Past and Present, Including an Account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County, published 1911.
The village of Milo is situated in the northeastern part of Drywood township on lot 8 of the northwest quarter of section 2, and is a station on the Lexington and Southern railroad, divi¬ sion of the Missouri Pacific. It was laid out October 14, 1881, by J. L. Samples and Mary M. Samples.
Passage source: History of Vernon County, Missouri : Past and Present, Including an Account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County, published 1911.
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 Drywood Township - it names this place 7 more 7 times.
Fires near this place
10 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Milo between 2003 and 2018, burning about 68 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177398-10882-08042018-1525 |
| 4 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177399-10882-08042018-1731 |
| 1 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177397-10882-08012018-1258 |
| 15 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177305-10882-07152018-1835 |
| 30 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 16 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 February 2015 | Smoking | 7.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 118850-10882-02242015-1218 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Milo: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Diggings | Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milo in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 12 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2013 | Hail | Milo | $500,000 | Golf ball size hail broke windows. The estimate damage cost for the entire county including the city of Nevada will be included in this report. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Milo | $5,000 | A portion of Stockade Road was reported as washed out by flood waters. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milo | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Milo | - | Ping pong ball sized hail was reported in a mostly rural area along with winds estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milo | - | A wind gust estimated at 60 mph was reported via MPing. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Milo | - | Quarter size hail fell as well as a tree was blown over. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Milo | - | The public reported that 2.00 inches of rain fell in approximately 45 minutes, between 8 and 9am. |
| April 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Milo | - | Several reports from the public revealed a brief tornado touchdown over rural and wooded land south of Nevada and west of Milo with several trees and large branches blown down. One eye witness captured the tornado on video and another witness captured a detailed picture of the tornado on the ground. The land area where the trees were down was in an area that is remote and had no road access. Time and location was estimated by witnesses and radar. Winds were estimated at 70 mph. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Milo | - | State Route BB east of Stockade was closed due to high water. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milo | - | A few large trees were reported down along Pyree Road. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Milo | - | Several rural roads were reported covered with flowing water and impassable south of Nevada. |
| May 2007 | Flood | Milo | - | Flooding continued over sections of Vernon County after several periods of heavy rain. |
| May 2007 | Flood | Milo | - | Excessive rain caused flooding at the intersection of Highway BB and Stockadge Road. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Milo | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Milo | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Milo | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Milo | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Milo | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milo | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Milo | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Milo | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Milo | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Milo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristow | 4.0 miles | 21 | |
| Nassau Junction | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Rousertown | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Sandstone | 5.6 miles | 20 | |
| Nevada | 6.3 miles | 21 | |
| Sheldon | 6.8 miles | 17 | |
| Moundville | 7.8 miles | 21 | |
| Bellamy | 8.3 miles | 17 |
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 Milo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q389015 | 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 722412. 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.












