BlockSteinmetz, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65254. It stands on Doxies Fork. The Survey maps it on the Glasgow quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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 Glasgow quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Prairie township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
General Ignatius P. Owen
Davis was a. ji'.wver of some eminence, and afterwanU- tilled several important ofKcial positions in Howard count}'. General (.)wL'n had commanded the militia in the early history of the county, and had been honored with the title of lirigadier g'eneral. At tiie time lie was killed, he was the proprietor of a hotel which stood upion the corner now oceu})ied hv the Inisiness house, of Bonghner, Tolson i^ Smith.
In the county-history sources
59,164 words on this townshipHistory of Howard and Chariton Counties, Missouri : Written and Compiled from the Most Official Authentic and Private Sources, Including a History of Its Townships, Towns, and Villages, Together with a Condensed History of Missouri .., published 1883 names this settlement in its chapter on Prairie Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
While Colonel .'^. D. Jackman was on his last recruiting expedition in Howard county, in the spring of 1S03, and while in the neiglil)orhood of New Franklin, his company, consistingof about twentv men, was attacked by a detachment of Federals und.er Ca[itaiii Samuel Steinmetz, from Glasgow. The guerrillas had taken a strong ])osition in a ravine, and after pouring a single volley into Steinmetz's ranks, the latter scattered in every direction, and did not halt until they reached Faj'ette. Major Reeves Leonard, commander of the post at Fayette, and a memlter of Colonel Guitar's regiment, ai-oused at the signal failure of Steinmetz to break up Jackman's recruiting camp, hurried out himself at the head of sixty picked troopers. A combat ensued, brief but savage. Jackman and Leonartl met I'ace to face and fought a single-handed tight. Leonard was wounded severely in the leg. .Tuekman and his men retreated.
Passage source: History of Howard and Chariton Counties, Missouri : Written and Compiled from the Most Official Authentic and Private Sources, Including a History of Its Townships, Towns, and Villages, Together with a Condensed History of Missouri .., published 1883.
The church edifice is a large and substantial brick building with a basement. At this time (1883) they have no regularly employed minister. The last pastor was Rev. Lyinau Marshall. The present olScers are C. Dantel and T. G. Diggs, deacons. J. W. Marshall, J. yi. Feazel and Samuel W. Steinmetz, elders. Present members, forty-eight.
Passage source: History of Howard and Chariton Counties, Missouri : Written and Compiled from the Most Official Authentic and Private Sources, Including a History of Its Townships, Towns, and Villages, Together with a Condensed History of Missouri .., published 1883.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Steinmetz: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Steinmetz in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Glasgow | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Fayette | 7.3 miles | 16 | |
| Burton | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| Boonesboro | 11.8 miles | 17 | |
| Lisbon | 11.9 miles | 17 | |
| Bunker Hill | 12.1 miles | 16 | |
| Estill | 12.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741286. 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.