BlockSalt Springs, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Elmwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65339. The Survey maps it on the Shackleford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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 Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Shackleford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
507 words on this townshipHistory of Saline County, Missouri, Carefully Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources ... with a Condensed History of Missouri; the State Constitution; a Military Record of Its Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War ... Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men .., published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Elmwood Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Elmwood Township - 507 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Salt Springs: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Salt, 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G-Salt | Salt, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ss | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ss | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Leonard | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Shackleford | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Elmwood | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Malta Bend | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Cretcher | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Blosser (historical) | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Stanhope | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Blackburn | 7.2 miles | 16 |
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 Salt Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28054309 | 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 741234. 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.