Westboro, Missouri
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64498. The Survey maps it on the Westboro quadrangle. 116 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 978 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWestboro fell from 141 to 116 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 | 141 | |
| 2020 | 116 | -25 (-18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1939 USGS Farragut quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Farragut quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Westboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
40 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westboro in 40 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 27 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westboro | $1,000 | Minor damage to structures was reported, and several trees were down. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Westboro | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported in Westboro. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westboro | - | Westboro Fire Department reported multiple trees and limbs down, along with some building damage in the town. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westboro | - | A trained spotter reported 60 mph wind. |
| April 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Westboro | - | A weak and brief tornado formed in Atchison County. No damage or injuries were reported as a result of this tornado. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westboro | - | Recorded at a wind farm about 3 miles south of the Missouri and Iowa border. Height of the instrument is unknown. |
| July 2016 | Flood | Westboro | - | Several inches of rain fell overnight on the morning of July 17th. The result was a fairly long closure of HWY 59 as water rose over the road. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Westboro | - | An off-duty National Weather Service employee saw a brief and weak tornado form in a field about 6 miles northeast of Tarkio. The tornado did no damage and lifted before reaching V Avenue. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Westboro | - | The intersection of Highway C and M was closed due to flooding along the Tarkio River. |
| June 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Westboro | - | At 2107CST an EF0 tornado touched down 3.8 miles west-northwest of Westboro. The tornado traveled about a half mile, and then lifted at 2108CST, 3.4 miles northwest of Westboro. The tornado was in an open field and did not cause any damage. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westboro | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westboro | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph, and lasted up to 10 minutes. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Westboro | - | Water flowing over Highway 59, just west of Highway C. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Westboro | - | Large hail was reported from severe thundestorms throughout Atchison County. Golfball-size to egg-size hail was reported by the public 2 miles west of Westboro, dime-size hail was reported by a spotter 2 miles northwest of Westboro. Nickel-size hail was reported by a citizen 10 miles northwest of Tarkio. |
| March 2022 | Hail | Westboro | - | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Hail | Westboro | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Westboro | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Westboro | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Westboro | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Westboro | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Westboro | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Westboro | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Westboro | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Westboro | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Westboro | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Westboro | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Westboro | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Westboro | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Westboro | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Westboro | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Westboro | - | no account filed |
| September 2008 | Hail | Westboro | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Westboro | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Westboro | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westboro | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Westboro | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Westboro | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Westboro | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Westboro | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Westboro | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Blanchard (historical) | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Farmers City | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Tarkio | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| London | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| York | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Linden | 12.0 miles | 12 | |
| Rock Port | 13.5 miles | 12 | |
| Fairfax | 14.1 miles | 13 |
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 Westboro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q960062 | 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 728643. 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.
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.







