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65624, 65656. Area code. 417. FIPS code. 29-26254 [4] Website. www.galenacityhall.org. Galena is a city and the county seat in Stone County, Missouri, United States. The population was 455 at the 2020 census. [5][6] Galena is part of the Branson, Missouri Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Galena, also called lead glance, is the natural mineral form of lead (II) sulfide (PbS). It is the most important ore of lead and an important source of silver. [5] Galena is one of the most abundant and widely distributed sulfide minerals. It crystallizes in the cubic crystal system often showing octahedral forms.
Website. www.stoneco-mo.us. Stone County is located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,076. [1] Its county seat is Galena. [2] Stone County was part of the Branson, Missouri, Micropolitan Statistical Area until 2023.
Galena High School, home of the Bears, is a Public high school located on Missouri Route 413 in Galena, Missouri, the county seat of Stone County, Missouri.Galena High School is a member of the SouthWest Central League [4] and the Missouri State High School Activities Association [5] (MSHSAA), which is the governing body for high school athletics and activities throughout the state.
May 23, 1991. The Y-Bridge looking west toward downtown Galena. The Y-Bridge is an old highway bridge over the James River located at Galena, Stone County, Missouri, and opened in 1927. This three-way bridge is named the Y-Bridge because it is shaped like the letter "Y". The bridge is such that (going east), one could then either head north or ...
November 14, 1980. Stone County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Galena, Stone County, Missouri. It was built in 1920, and is a three-story, Classical Revival style brick building on a concrete foundation meaning that it does not have a basement. It features two colossal, modified Doric order columns on a recessed wall plane at ...
The formal geological name for the Lead Belt is the "Southeastern Missouri Mississippi Valley-type Mineral District". It contains the highest concentration of galena (lead(II) sulfide) in the world [2] as well as significant economic quantities of zinc, copper and silver and currently mined sub-economic quantities of metals such as cadmium, nickel and cobalt. [2]
Old Mines, Missouri. Old Mines (French: La Vieille Mine) is the name of an unincorporated community and surrounding area in southeast Missouri that were settled by French colonists in the early 18th century when the area was part of the Illinois Country of New France. [1] The early settlers came to mine for lead, and their descendants still ...