Salisbury, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Salisbury Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65281. The Survey maps it on the Salisbury quadrangle. 1,563 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 735 feet above sea level.
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On record in Salisbury
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Salisbury Square Historic Districtlisted 2009
Fabrishous and Sarah A. Thomas Houselisted 1999
Population over time
2 figuresSalisbury fell from 1,618 to 1,563 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,618 | |
| 2020 | 1,563 | -55 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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 Glasgow quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
138 words on this townshipHistorical, Pictorial and Biographical Record, of Chariton County, Missouri, published 1896 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Salisbury Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Salisbury Township - 138 words.
Fires near this place
10 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Salisbury between 2014 and 2018, burning about 97 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 March 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 122170-02155-03062015-1523 |
| 16 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 122171-02155-03162015-1202 |
| 13 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 122172-02155-03132015-1609 |
| 11 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177065-02155-02162018-1054 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Salisbury: 1 past producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Sandstone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
46 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salisbury in 46 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 23 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | $20,000 | An NWS co-op observer reported downed trees up to 2 feet in diameter, as well as a metal roof torn off a building. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | $10,000 | A barn and shed were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds tore the roof off a residence and toppled several trees nearby. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | $5,000 | Law enforcement officials reported downed power lines at the junction of US 24 and SR 5. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | $1,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph. Two wooden power poles were blown down. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | $1,000 | Severe thunderstorms produced damaging winds east of Salisbury, knocking down several trees. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Salisbury | - | A supercell produced 1 hail in Salisbury in Chariton County. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | Damage of a structure in Salisbury. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | Roof damage was reported to a structure in Salisbury due to strong winds as the leading edge of a squall line moved through. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | Wind gusts up to 65 mph with tree limbs downed across Salisbury. |
| June 2020 | Flood | Salisbury | - | State Highway NN was closed due to flooding. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | Dispatch reported a tree down in Salisbury. |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | A 12 inch diameter tree limb was down in Salisbury. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | Numerous trees were reported down. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Salisbury | - | Street flooding reported thoughout town. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Salisbury | - | Water over Highway 24 and Highway 129. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | The sheriff's department transmission tower was blown down. |
| February 2017 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| February 2017 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Salisbury | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shannondale | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Eccles | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Oil City | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Keytesville | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Prairie Hill | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Forest Green | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Rockford | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Chraneville (historical) | 9.6 miles | 9 |
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 Salisbury | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q960104 | 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 725956. 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.
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.






