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Graham is located 13 miles southwest of Maryville, nine miles west of US 71, and two miles east of Maitland in Holt County, which is just across the Nodaway River. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 0.26 square miles (0.67 km 2 ), all land.
Amos Graham (March 14, 1816 – September 14, 1865) was the first Nodaway County, Missouri, clerk. Graham is immortalized in the town of Graham, Missouri , as it is named after him. [ 1 ] The town of Maryville, Missouri , is named after his wife, Mary.
Graham Cave is a Native American archeological site near Mineola, Missouri in Montgomery County in the hills above the Loutre River. [3] It is located in the 356 acre Graham Cave State Park. The entrance of the sandstone cave forms a broad arch 120 feet (37 m) wide and 16 feet (5 m) high.
A walk through Graham Cave State Park is like a walk through ancient history. Artifacts recovered in the cave revealed that ancient people lived there between 8,000 and 10,000 years ago.
Hughes Township is a township in southwestern Nodaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It comprises about 62 sections of land. [2] Graham is its lone town which lies about two miles east of the Nodaway River. Hughes Township was established in 1845, and named after General Andrew S. Hughes, a pioneer citizen. [3]
Graham Cave State Park is a public recreation area in the U.S. state of Missouri consisting of 386 acres (156 ha) located in Montgomery County.The state park's namesake, Graham Cave, is a cave in St. Peter sandstone with an entrance 120 feet (37 m) wide and 60 feet (18 m) high and an extent of about 100 feet (30 m) into the hillside.
Nodaway-Holt R-VII School District is a school district headquartered in Graham, Missouri, and has Graham, Maitland, and Skidmore in its attendance boundary. It operates an elementary school in Maitland and a junior-senior high school in Graham, with the latter including the district headquarters. [1] Its previous high school building was built ...
The Nodaway River basin is prone to extensive flooding and can contribute as much as 20% of the flood crest of the Missouri River near its mouth. At Graham, Missouri its normal flow is 1,011 cubic feet per second (28.6 m³/s). But during the Great Flood of 1993 the river was flowing 78,300 ft³/s (2220 m³/s) at Graham.