Pilot Knob, Missouri

Overview

• Location: Iron County, Missouri
• Legal status: Fourth-class city
• Population: 697 (Change since 1990: -11.0%)
• Founded: 1858
• Name origin: Pilot Knob mountain

Geography

• Located at intersection MO 21 and Route V north of Ironton
• Latitude: 37°37'25" N   (+37.6236)
• Longitude: 90°38'37" W   (-90.6437)
• Public Land Survey: T. 34 N., R. 4 E., Sec. 30
• Civil township: Arcadia
• Land area: 0.87 square miles (555.1 acres)

As the crow flies, Pilot Knob is...

• 1.7 miles NW of Ironton
• 2.0 miles S of Lopez
• 2.3 miles E of Snow Hollow Lake
• 2.7 miles S of Middle Brook
• 2.7 miles N of Arcadia
• 2.7 miles SE of Graniteville
• 4.6 miles S of Iron Mountain Lake
• 4.7 miles NW of Killarney Shores
• 5.0 miles S of Iron Mountain
• 6.7 miles W of Roselle
• 63.9 miles NW of Cape Girardeau
• 73.4 miles S of St. Louis

History

Name origin

Named after the mountain of Pilot Knob, a prominent landmark and center of mining activity

Timeline

1858

Pilot Knob founded

1867

Pilot Knob first incorporated

1946

Pilot Knob incorporated again after apparently allowing it to lapse sometime after 1910.

Demographics