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Punkin Center, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bonne Femme Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65248. The Survey maps it on the Burton quadrangle.

Punkin Center within Howard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Punkin Center: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Howard 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Bunker Hill1.7 miles16
Sebree5.2 miles16
Burton5.5 miles16
Landmark (historical)6.1 miles15
Hilldale9.9 miles15
Fayette10.0 miles16
Armstrong11.2 miles15
Steinmetz13.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741179. 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.