BlockSedgwick, Missouri
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in North Salem Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63557. The Survey maps it on the Winigan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Winigan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Kirksville quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on North Salem township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Post-Offices
Sedgwick post-oflBce, section fifteen, township sixty, range eighteen, in this township, was established some years since, and named in honor of the Union general of that name who was killed in one of the battles of the Wilderness, in Yirginia, in the spring of 1864. Captain Seevey was the first postmaster.
In the county-history sources
2,881 words on this townshipThe History of Linn County, Missouri. An Encyclopedia of Useful Information, published 1882 names this settlement in its chapter on North Salem Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Sedgwick post-oflBce, section fifteen, township sixty, range eighteen, in this township, was established some years since, and named in honor of the Union general of that name who was killed in one of the battles of the Wilderness, in Yirginia, in the spring of 1864. Captain Seevey was the first postmaster.
Passage source: The History of Linn County, Missouri. An Encyclopedia of Useful Information, published 1882.
The Sedgwick Old School Presbyterian Church was first organized May 12, 1878. Some of the fir^t members were Samuel and Nancy Price, and their daughters, Martha and Lucy Jane; William Henry Jones, Mary J. Jones, and Ephraim E. Jones. The congregation has no church building, but holds services in the Elm Grove school-house. The pastor is Rev. David A. Wilson, of Milan. The present number of members is twentytwo. In connection with the church is a sabbath-school, which was organized in May, 1877; it is the only sabbath- school in the neighborhood, and has an average attendance of near sixty scholars. It is in a highly prosperous condition.
Passage source: The History of Linn County, Missouri. An Encyclopedia of Useful Information, published 1882.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Sedgwick between 2002 and 2020, burning about 39 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 March 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 35 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 February 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 189989-05810-02082020-2345 |
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 Sedgwick: 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Boston | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| North Salem | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Garner | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Shelby | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Hybrid (historical) | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Benson | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Johnstown | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Bear Branch | 8.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740237. 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.