BlockMonastery, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64434. The Survey maps it on the Guilford quadrangle.
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
- 1985 USGS Guilford quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Maryville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
8,539 words on this townshipThe History of Nodaway County, Missouri, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, published 1882 names this settlement in its chapter on Jefferson Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
In the year 1880, a Monastery was erected in Conception, but during the present year it has been elevated to the dignity of an Abbey, and called Benedictine Abbey New Englberg. The portion completed is 33x140 feet with ell 40x60 feet, four stories high with stone basement and attic. There are 46 rooms and 5 halls. On the north end of the present building the new church will be built, and will be 80x208, 66 feet in height. It will run east and west and will be one of the most magnificent structures of the kind in the United States. It will be surmounted by three grand towers reaching some 140 feet in the air from the ground. At the southeast corner of the church another wing similar to the one now completed will be built and extended to the southeast corner of the present building, making the total building in size 208 X208 feet square, covering over one acre of ground. It is to be built of cut stone and pressed brick. The material for the buildings is mostly obtained on their farm. The whole structure will be built in pure Roman style with court in the center, and will cost some $250,000. It will require upwards of 3,000,000 brick to complete the building.
Passage source: The History of Nodaway County, Missouri, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, published 1882.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
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 Monastery: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conception Junction Sand Pit+Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conception | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Conception Junction | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Clyde | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Guilford | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bedison | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Arkoe | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Barnard | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Pumpkin Center | 8.1 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122539963 | 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 740190. 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.