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Keeney Creek
Keeney Creek or sometimes Keeney Branch is a stream in southwest Ray County of northwest Missouri. It is a tributary of the Fishing River. The stream headwaters arise just east of Missouri Route 10 approximately one half mile north of Elkhorn at . The stream flows south past Elkhorn and parallel to Missouri Route N. Approximately six miles south of its origin the stream passes under Missouri Route 210 and the communities of Albany and Orrick. The stream turns southwest passing under Missouri Route Z A supplemental route is a state secondary road in the U.S. state of Missouri, designated with letters. Supplemental routes were various roads within the state which the Missouri Department of Transportation was given in 1952 to maintain in additi ... just north of Floyd and continues to the southwest to its confluence with the Fishing River at .''Buckner, MO,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1990 The confluence is approximately one quarter mile north of the Fishing Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray County, Missouri
Ray County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,158. Its county seat is Richmond. The county was organized November 16, 1820 and named for John Ray, a Missouri state legislator and member of the first state Constitutional Convention. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.9%) is water. Adjacent counties * Caldwell County (north) * Carroll County (east) * Lafayette County (south) * Jackson County (southwest) *Clay County (west) *Clinton County (northwest) Major highways * Route 10 * Route 13 * Route 210 National protected area *Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge (part) Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 23,354 people, 8,743 households, and 6,539 families residing in the county. The population density was 16/km2 (41/mi2). There were 9,371 housing u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska to the west. In the south are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals, and recreation. The Missouri River, after which the state is named, flows through the center into the Mississippi River, which makes up the eastern border. With more than six million residents, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 19th-most populous state of the country. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City, Springfield, Missouri, Springfield and Columbia, Missouri, Columbia; the Capital city, capital is Jefferson City, Missouri, Jefferson City. Humans have inhabited w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fishing River
The Fishing River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 31, 2011 tributary of the Missouri River in western Missouri in the United States. It rises in the northeastern extremity of Kansas City in Clay County and flows generally eastward and southeastward through Clay and southeastern Ray counties, past the town of Mosby. It joins the Missouri River about south of the town of Orrick.''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 27, Downstream of Mosby, it collects the East Fork Fishing River, which rises at the town of Lawson and flows generally southward through Ray and Clay counties, through the resort community of Crystal Lake and past the town of Excelsior Springs. Fishing River was named for the fact it contained an abundance of fish. In 1808, William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition established Fort Osage along the Missouri near the mouth of the Fishing R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri Route 10
Route 10 is a highway in Clay, Ray, and Carroll counties in western Missouri, United States. Its eastern terminus is at the concurrency of US 24/ US 65 in Carrollton. Its western terminus is at US 69 in Excelsior Springs. A business loop of Route 10 travels through Richmond. Route description The western terminus of Route 10 is at an interchange with US 69. Then, it goes through a stretch with lots of turns in downtown Excelsior Springs. Between downtown Excelsior Springs and Route 10 Business, it intersects with a few supplemental routes. Shortly after intersecting with Route 10 Business, it meets with Route 210, which is where Route 210 ends. It also begins to enter Richmond there. Then, it has an interchange with Route T, which, according to satellite imagery, used to be the old alignment of Route 210. Shortly after, it has another interchange with Route 13. Then, it has another intersection with Route 10 Business, and then it leaves Richmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elkhorn, Missouri
Elkhorn is an unincorporated community in southwest Ray County, in the U.S. state of Missouri and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. The community is on Missouri Route 10 approximately six miles east-southeast of Excelsior Springs in adjacent Clay County. The headwaters of Keeney Creek Keeney Creek or sometimes Keeney Branch is a stream in southwest Ray County of northwest Missouri. It is a tributary of the Fishing River. The stream headwaters arise just east of Missouri Route 10 approximately one half mile north of Elkhorn at ... are one-half mile north of the community. History Elkhorn was platted in 1837, and according to one tradition, so named on account of an elk horn discovered at the town site. A variant name was "Crab Orchard". A post office called Elkhorn was established in 1835, the name was changed to Crab Orchard in 1843, and the post office closed in 1904. References Unincorporated communities in Ray County, Missouri Unincorporated commun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri Route N
A supplemental route is a state secondary road in the U.S. state of Missouri, designated with letters. Supplemental routes were various roads within the state which the Missouri Department of Transportation was given in 1952 to maintain in addition to the regular routes, though lettered routes had been in use from at least 1932. The four types of roads designated as Routes are: * Farm to market roads * Roads to state parks * Former alignments of U.S. or state highways * Short routes connecting state highways from other states to routes in Missouri Supplemental routes make up (59%) of the state highway system. History Prior to 1907, all road improvement activities in Missouri were undertaken by the individual counties, with little expertise or coordination between them. Amid growing automobile presence and insufficient road networks in Missouri in the ensuing years, the state legislature created a state highway department and the state highway commission as well as enacted various ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri Route 210
Route 210 is a highway in western Missouri with an eastern terminus at Route 10 southwest of Richmond and a western terminus at Interstate 29, 35, and U.S. Route 71. After I-29 and 35, 210 immediately intersects Route 1 and continues east. It intersects Walker Road in front of NKC Hospital and the Cerner world headquarters before an interchange with Chouteau Trafficway. It becomes a limited access freeway as it exits North Kansas City and into Kansas City proper. There are interchanges with North Brighton Avenue and Northeast Searcy Creek Parkway before it intersects I-435. Here, it reverts to a four-lane road with stoplights. It has intersections with the frontage road, Great Midwest Drive, and Eldon Road before becoming a two-lane road and going onto the river bottoms. It goes straight east, intersecting several roads, before curving northeast to intersect with Route 291. Major intersections References 210 Year 210 ( CCX) was a common yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albany, Missouri
Albany is a city and county seat of Gentry County, Missouri, United States. With an annual growth rate of -0.30%. The population was 1,679 at the 2020 census. History Albany was originally called Athens, and under the latter name was platted in 1845. The present name is a transfer from Albany, New York, the native home of a local judge. A post office called Albany has been in operation since 1857. The Albany Carnegie Public Library, Gentry County Courthouse, and Samuel and Pauline Peery House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography Albany is located at the intersection of US Route 136 and Missouri Route 85. The East Fork of the Grand River flows past to the west and joins the Grand River three miles to the south of the city. Stanberry is eleven miles to the west and Bethany is about 14 miles to the east in Harrison County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Climate Situated in a transition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orrick, Missouri
Orrick is a town in Ray County, Missouri, and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the United States. The population was 753 at the 2020 census. History The first community in the area was Albany when it was established by Ely Carter in 1854. When he applied for a post office it was denied because there was another Albany already in the state and he used the name of his wife Ada for the post office but still continued to call the town Albany. "Bloody Bill" Anderson was killed during the American Civil War during the Battle of Albany on October 24, 1864. Albany formally incorporated in 1871 however by then St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Star railroad (the Wabash Railroad) laid tracks a mile south in 1868 and 1869 and a new community of Orrick sprung up around them. Orrick itself was laid out by the railroad and was named in honor of W. W. Orrick who had drawn up the plat. Orrick was incorporated in 1873. Tornadoes On January 24, 1967, an unusual winte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri Route Z
A supplemental route is a state secondary road in the U.S. state of Missouri, designated with letters. Supplemental routes were various roads within the state which the Missouri Department of Transportation was given in 1952 to maintain in addition to the regular routes, though lettered routes had been in use from at least 1932. The four types of roads designated as Routes are: * Farm to market roads * Roads to state parks * Former alignments of U.S. or state highways * Short routes connecting state highways from other states to routes in Missouri Supplemental routes make up (59%) of the state highway system. History Prior to 1907, all road improvement activities in Missouri were undertaken by the individual counties, with little expertise or coordination between them. Amid growing automobile presence and insufficient road networks in Missouri in the ensuing years, the state legislature created a state highway department and the state highway commission as well as enacted vario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floyd, Ray County, Missouri
Floyd is an unincorporated community in southwest Ray County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. The community is located on Missouri Route Z approximately 1.5 miles south of Orrick. Keeney Creek flows past one half mile northwest of the community and the Missouri River is two miles southwest.''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 27 History Floyd was originally called "Alfred", and under the latter name was plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Surveys to show the distance and bear ...ted in 1888. The present name is after one Mr. Floyd, a railroad official. References Unincorporated communities in Ray County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{RayCountyMO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
