New Point, Missouri

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hickory Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64473. It stands on Nichols Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Point quadrangle.

New Point within Holt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1926 USGS Maitland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS New Point quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Falls City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

In the county-history sources

3,675 words on this township

History of Holt County, Missouri : from the Time of the Platte Purchase to the End of the Year 1916 : Preceded by a Short History of Missouri : Supplemented by Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens, published 1917 names this settlement in its chapter on Hickory Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The first mill in the township was a small concern with one pair of burrs, built by John N. Blair, for Robert Nickols, about the year 1839 or 1840. It was a water power, and stood on the northwest quarter of section 34, township 61, range 37, about one-half mile east of the site of the present village of New Point. The only grain ground at this mill was corn. It continued to be operated till 1857. There is now no mill within the limits of Hickory Township.

Passage source: History of Holt County, Missouri : from the Time of the Platte Purchase to the End of the Year 1916 : Preceded by a Short History of Missouri : Supplemented by Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens, published 1917.

The first ferry on the Nodaway River which had a landing on the shore of what is now Hickory Township, was established and maintained for several years by a man by the name of Lackey, from Andrew County. The landing of this ferry was on a farm for many years owned by Samuel Praisewater, near the line between the southeast quarter of section 27, and the southwest quarter of section 26, township 61, range 37, about one and one-half miles northeast of the site of the present town of New Point. Henry DeBolt afterwards kept a ferry on the southwest quarter of section 27, township 61, range 37, about one-half mile above the old ferry, before 1860. Both have long passed out of existence.

The first to plant fruit trees in Hickory Township was Thomas S. Bragg, who planted an apple orchard on his farm, which lies in section 32, township 61, range 37, in the immediate neighborhood of New Point. This pioneer orchard, which included about fifty trees, was planted about the year 1847. Some of the finest orchards in the county are now growing in Hickory Township.

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 Hickory Township - it names this place 14 more 14 times.

Fires near this place

3 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of New Point between 2000 and 2002, burning about 67 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	3

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
28 September 2000	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
14 September 2000	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
14 March 2002	Debris and open burning	50 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Holt County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of New Point: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Ed Denny Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	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

Every working recorded in Holt County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Nichols Grove	2.5 miles	11
Richville	4.8 miles	24
Campbell Corner	5.2 miles	11
Oregon	5.8 miles	23
Forest City	7.8 miles	23
Curzon	8.9 miles	23
Napier	9.5 miles	13
Mound City	9.6 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740008. 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.