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Pierce City, formerly Peirce City, is a city in southwest Lawrence and northwest Barry counties, in southwest Missouri, United States. The population was 1,292 at the 2010 census . In 2010, the town annexed property along Route 97 into Barry County to a point just north of U.S. Route 60 .
A Banjo Pier is a pier in the shape of a banjo. The most notable example is probably the Banjo Pier in Looe , Cornwall , England ( 50°21′04″N 4°27′04″W / 50.3510°N 4.4512°W / 50.3510; -4.4512 ( Banjo Pier, Looe, Cornwall ) ), as it was the first and thus the prototype for many others around the
A municipality incorporates as a 4th Class city if the population is between 500 and 2,999 (under 500, it may incorporate as a village [1] – see list of villages in Missouri). It may incorporate as a 3rd Class city if the population is between 3,000 and 29,999. [2] There is more flexibility in government for 3rd Class cities than 4th Class.
Current River State Park is a public recreation area occupying 839 acres (340 ha) along the Current River north of Eminence in Newton Township, Shannon County, Missouri.The state park consists of land and buildings originally developed as the Alton Club, a corporate retreat used in the 1930s and 1940s by the Alton Box Board Company of Alton, Illinois. [4]
The Lewis and Clark Expedition began at the confluence in 1804, and the explorers returned there at the end of their journey. [4] Following the purchase of the site through the aid of a grant from the Danforth Foundation, the Western Rivers Conservancy conveyed the land to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Metropolitan Parks and Recreation District in 2001. [6]
St. Joe State Park is a public recreation area consisting of 8,243 acres (3,336 ha) on the south side of Park Hills, Missouri, along the flanks of the Saint Francois Mountains. [4] The state park includes the Missouri Mines State Historic Site with its former St. Joe Minerals mill buildings and museum of geology and mining. [ 5 ]
A 5 miles (8.0 km) long dike is part of the facility extending upstream on the Missouri side of the river. The main lock is 110 feet (33.5 m) wide by 600 feet (182.9 m) long. [ 2 ] In 2004, the facility was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as Lock and Dam No. 25 Historic District, #04000184 covering 3,164 acres (12.8 km 2 ), 2 ...
St. Joseph is a city in Andrew and Buchanan counties and the county seat of Buchanan County, Missouri, United States. [3] Located on the Missouri River, it is the principal city of the St. Joseph Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Buchanan, Andrew, and DeKalb counties in Missouri and Doniphan County, Kansas.