Stoutsville, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65283. It stands on Buck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stoutsville quadrangle. 37 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 610 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresStoutsville grew from 36 to 37 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 | 36 | |
| 2020 | 37 | +1 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1903 USGS Palmyra quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Stoutsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
3,218 words on this townshipHistory of Monroe and Shelby Counties, Missouri, published 1884 names this settlement in its chapter on Jefferson Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Stoutsville is located in the north-western part of Jefferson township, on section 13, township 55, range 9, on the line of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad, and was laid out in 1871. The town was named after Robert P. Stout, a wealthy and influential farmer who resided in that vicinity. He came to Monroe county from Kentucky at an early day and died at the age of about 67 years. His widow gave the railroad company six acres of land, and to express its appreciaton of the gift, it named the town as above stated, in honor of her husband. His wife and only child are dead.
Passage source: History of Monroe and Shelby Counties, Missouri, published 1884.
One mile north-west of Stoutsville is located the extensive pottery works of J. W. Conrad, which were opened about six years ago. Among the large farmers who reside in the vicinity of Stoutsville are Judge Henry Dooley, H. J. Clapper, H. J. Priest and Martin J. Clark. The shipments from the depot during the past twelve months, beginning with August 1, 1883, have been as follows: Live stock, 80 cars ; wood, 115 ; lumber, 15 ; wheat, 8 ; oats, 8; and stoneware, 10 cars.
Passage source: History of Monroe and Shelby Counties, Missouri, published 1884.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
1 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Stoutsville in 1997, burning about 10 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Stoutsville: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Conrad Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Coy Rives Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Sponsler Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Williamson Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stoutsville in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Hail | Stoutsville | $10,000 | The golf ball sized hail resulted in several broken windows on a house. |
| December 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stoutsville | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees onto Highway U east of Paris. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stoutsville | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed some trees and power lines. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Stoutsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leich Ford | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Clapper | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Goss | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Florida | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Indian Creek | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| North Fork | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Buzzards Roost | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Victor | 6.6 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 Stoutsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1992088 | 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 727164. 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.




