BlockPersia, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Perche Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65202. It stands on Slacks Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sturgeon SW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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 Moberly quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1917 USGS Sturgeon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Sturgeon SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Perche township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Killing Of Mr. Drake
^ About the Ist of September, 1864, a man uatned Drake, who had recently come into the township from Sullivan county, was shot from the bush as he was passing along the road. Eight buckshot entered hfs body. The bushwhackers who did the deed gave information at a house near by that the dead body might be cared for.
In the county-history sources
16,001 words on this townshipThe county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Perche Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
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 Perche Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Persia (historical): 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Boone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Boone Quarry - Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| City Quarry and Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Richardson Ls. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germantown (historical) | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Hinton | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Stapletown (historical) | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Everett (historical) | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Prathersville | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Midway | 4.8 miles | 22 | |
| Woodlandville | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Lexington (historical) | 5.5 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 759350. 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.