BlockPrathersville, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Columbia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65202. It stands on Clays Fork. The Survey maps it on the Browns quadrangle.
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 Browns quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Columbia township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Killed By A Falling Tree
In 1825 a little nine-year-old boy named AVilliam R. Wright, whose parents lived in this township, was killed at a point in Missouri township, on what is now known as the Hume farm. He was buried where is now a garden, on the farm of Sidne}^ Hume. The Indians had set the woods on fire and the boy, with his father and some others of the settlers, was out fighting the flames, and a burning tree fell on him and killed him instantly.
In the county-history sources
98,879 words on this townshipHistory of Boone County, Missouri. Written and Comp. from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources; Including a History of Its Townships, Towns, and Villages. Together with a Condensed History of Missouri; the City of St. Louis ... Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Prominent Citizens .., published 1882 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Columbia Township covers topography, fine farms, early settlers and settlements, pioneer life, the first mills, killed by a tree.
Read the chapter on Columbia Township - 98,879 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Prathersville: 11 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Brick & Tile Clay Pit-Plnt | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Boone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Boone Quarry - Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| City Quarry and Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Garrett City Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Nichols Bros. Ls. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prathersville in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Hail | Prathersville | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Prathersville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzler | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Hinton | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Stephens | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Moores Switch | 3.6 miles | 29 | |
| Browns | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Persia (historical) | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Smithton (historical) | 4.6 miles | 29 | |
| Columbia | 4.6 miles | 29 |
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 Prathersville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27984014 | 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 724905. 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.
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.