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Worcester, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65280. It stands on Wildcat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Santa Fe quadrangle.

Worcester within Audrain County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

4,646 words on this township

History of Audrain County, Missouri : Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Its Townships, Towns and Villages; Together with ... Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens .., published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Prairie Township covers boundary, early settlers, voters of 1839, by an old stager, laddonia, its.

Read the chapter on Prairie Township - 4,646 words.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Worcester: 15 past producers, 1 unknown. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Adzell MinesClayUnknown
Blum PitsClayPast Producer
Hafner PitClayPast Producer
Havenor PitClayPast Producer
Jones PitClayPast Producer
Mine Number Fifty-TwoClayPast Producer
Snook PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Audrain County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Rush Hill4.7 miles15
Bassinger Corner5.8 miles16
Laddonia6.1 miles15
Molino6.9 miles16
Vandiver9.0 miles17
Scotts Corner9.5 miles15
Farber9.5 miles16
Benton City9.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741373. 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.