Texas County, Missouri

Overview

• Population: 23,003 (Change since 1990: +7.1%)
• Created: February 14, 1845
• County seat: Houston
• Largest town: Cabool (Pop. 2,168)
• Name origin: Republic of Texas

Populated Places

• Alice (Unincorporated)
  • Located somewhere northeast of Bendavis
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°17'54" N, 92°11'19" W
  • Survey: T. 30 N., R. 11 W.
  • Elevation: 1503
  • Civil township: Morris
  • USGS Quad: Huggins
• Arroll (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection Route W and Arroll Road southwest of Summersville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°06'27" N, 91°43'35" W
  • Elevation: 1203
  • Civil township: Date
  • USGS Quad: Pine Crest
• Ashley Creek (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Ashley Creek Road south of Montauk
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°24'11" N, 91°41'18" W
  • Elevation: 982
  • Civil township: Jackson
  • USGS Quad: Montauk
• Bado (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route M near the intersection with Route YY
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°16'09" N, 92°07'24" W
  • Civil township: Morris
  • USGS Quad: Bucyrus
• Bendavis (Unincorporated)
  • Located at junction MO 38 and Route MM
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°17'54" N, 92°12'26" W
  • Elevation: 1500
  • Civil township: Morris
  • USGS Quad: Huggins
• Big Creek (Unincorporated)
  • Located somewhere northeast of Grogan
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°14'08" N, 91°50'39" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 8 W., Sec. 5
  • Elevation: 1229
  • Civil township: Ozark
  • USGS Quad: Eunice
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Bucyrus (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 17 northwest of Houston
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°20'39" N, 92°00'60" W
  • Elevation: 1226
  • Civil township: Piney
  • USGS Quad: Bucyrus
• Cabool (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 2,168 (Change since 1990: +8.1%)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°07'26" N, 92°06'04" W
  • Founded: 1882
• Cardinal Acres (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 17 in the extreme southeast corner of the county
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°03'19" N, 91°40'06" W
  • Civil township: Date
  • USGS Quad: Pine Crest
• Cedar Bluff (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°07'10" N, 92°05'32" W
  • Survey: T. 28 N., R. 11 W., Sec. 12
  • Elevation: 1270
  • Civil township: Burdine
  • USGS Quad: Cabool SE
• Chestnut (Historical)
  • Located somewhere north of Cabool
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Clara (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the junction of Route Z and Route AU southwest of Houston
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°17'59" N, 92°01'16" W
  • Elevation: 1271
  • Civil township: Piney
  • USGS Quad: Bucyrus
• Clear Springs (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route Y southeast of the intersection with MO 137
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°05'46" N, 91°51'11" W
  • Civil township: Pierce
  • USGS Quad: Clear Springs
• Date (Historical)
  • Located somewhere in the southeast corner of the county
  • Map: 1895 McNally
• Dent (Unincorporated)
  • Located southwest of Kinderpost
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°33'12" N, 91°58'25" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 9 W., Sec. 19
  • Elevation: 1220
  • Civil township: Boone
  • USGS Quad: Beulah
• Dunn (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Impo
  • Located on Old US 60 between Mountain Grove and Cabool
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°08'28" N, 92°11'25" W
  • Elevation: 1492
  • Civil township: Clinton
  • USGS Quad: Cabool NW
• Dykes (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the intersection of MO 38 and Armstrong Road west of Houston
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°20'01" N, 92°06'56" W
  • Elevation: 1463
  • Civil township: Morris
  • USGS Quad: Bucyrus
• Edanville (Unincorporated)
  • Located near Ladd and the Pulaski County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°35'36" N, 92°02'54" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 10 W., Sec. 5
  • Elevation: 875
  • Civil township: Boone
  • USGS Quad: Slabtown Spring
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Elk Creek (Unincorporated)
  • Located near the junction of Route H and Route AC northeast of Cabool
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°11'20" N, 91°59'49" W
  • Civil township: Cass
  • USGS Quad: Elk Creek
• Ellis Prairie (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route AA southeast of Success
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°24'48" N, 92°02'22" W
  • Elevation: 1212
  • Civil township: Lynch
  • USGS Quad: Success
• Ellsworth (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°27'11" N, 92°00'41" W
  • Survey: T. 32 N., R. 10 W.
  • Elevation: 1214
  • Civil township: Lynch
  • USGS Quad: Success
• Eunice (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection MO 17 and Evans Road southeast of Yukon
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°14'42" N, 91°46'46" W
  • Elevation: 1353
  • Civil township: Ozark
  • USGS Quad: Eunice
• Evening Shade (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Eveningshade
  • Located on Route AW north of MO 17
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°34'32" N, 92°08'29" W
  • Civil township: Roubidoux
  • USGS Quad: Roby
• Fairview (Historical)
  • Survey: T. 30 N., R. 11 W., Sec. 20
  • Elevation: 1476
  • USGS Quad: Huggins
• Fowler (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route MM south of Bendavis
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°13'60" N, 92°12'59" W
  • Elevation: 1491
  • Civil township: Morris
  • USGS Quad: Cabool NW
• Gravel Point (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Gravelpoint
  • Located northwest of Cabool
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°13'29" N, 92°10'04" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 11 W., Sec. 5
  • Elevation: 1249
  • Civil township: Morris
  • USGS Quad: Cabool NW
  • Map: 1895 McNally
• Grogan (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the intersection of Rocky Top Road and Morgan Road southeast of Elk Creek
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°09'17" N, 91°53'10" W
  • Civil township: Cass
  • USGS Quad: Elk Creek
• Guild (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°04'12" N, 91°48'06" W
  • Survey: T. 28 N., R. 8 W.
  • Elevation: 1240
  • Civil township: Pierce
  • USGS Quad: Clear Springs
• Hartshorn (Unincorporated)
  • Located near the junction of Route K and Route KK north of Summersville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°15'53" N, 91°40'13" W
  • Civil township: Current
  • USGS Quad: Hartshorn
• Hattie (Unincorporated)
  • Located just off Route Y southeast of Clear Springs
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°04'47" N, 91°46'24" W
  • Civil township: Pierce
  • USGS Quad: Clear Springs
• Hazleton (Unincorporated)
  • Located near the end of Hanks Drive, off McCloy Road, near Big Piney River south of Slabtown
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°31'30" N, 92°01'29" W
  • Civil township: Boone
  • USGS Quad: Slabtown Spring
• Houston (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 1,992 (Change since 1990: -5.9%)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°19'34" N, 91°57'21" W
• Huggins (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route M north of MO 38 and north of Bendavis
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°19'12" N, 92°11'54" W
  • Elevation: 1492
  • Civil township: Morris
  • USGS Quad: Huggins
• Hurst (Unincorporated)
  • Located between Bendavis and Simmons
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°14'12" N, 92°05'12" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 11 W., Sec. 1
  • Elevation: 1230
  • Civil township: Morris
  • USGS Quad: Cabool NE
• Kimble (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Kimble Road just off Route CC north of Licking
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°34'37" N, 91°50'28" W
  • Civil township: Sherrill
  • USGS Quad: Maples
• Kinderpost (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the end of Route A northwest of Licking
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°34'23" N, 91°56'41" W
  • Civil township: Boone
  • USGS Quad: Beulah
• Kinserlow (Historical)
  • Located somewhere between Prescott and Oscar
• Ladd (Unincorporated)
  • Located northeast of Evening Shade near the Pulaski County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°35'11" N, 92°06'43" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 11 W., Sec. 11
  • Elevation: 1110
  • Civil township: Roubidoux
  • USGS Quad: Slabtown Spring
• Licking (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 1,471 (Change since 1990: +10.8%)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°29'58" N, 91°51'25" W
• Lundy (Unincorporated)
  • Located west of Houston, probably on Lundy Road beyond the end of Route ZZ
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°16'59" N, 92°03'34" W
  • Survey: T. 30 N., R. 10 W., Sec. 29
  • Civil township: Piney
  • USGS Quad: Bucyrus
• Mahan (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°24'13" N, 91°49'37" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 8 W.
  • Elevation: 1314
  • Civil township: Jackson
  • USGS Quad: Licking
  • Named for the wife of Sam Mahan, the postmistress
  • Source: Ramsay (p. 68)
• Malone (Historical)
  • Located west of Clear Springs
• Maples (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection Route C and Route CC near the Dent County border
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°35'03" N, 91°46'60" W
  • Elevation: 1363
  • Civil township: Sherrill
  • USGS Quad: Maples
• Midvale (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 17 between Yukon and Summersville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°12'40" N, 91°43'47" W
  • Elevation: 1376
  • Civil township: Carroll
  • USGS Quad: Summersville
• Mineral Springs City (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°20'12" N, 91°56'57" W
  • Survey: T. 30 N., R. 9 W., Sec. 5
  • Elevation: 1162
  • Civil township: Piney
  • USGS Quad: Houston
• Mitchells Corner (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection MO 17 and Route AA south of Success
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°24'32" N, 92°04'19" W
  • Elevation: 1432
  • Civil township: Lynch
  • USGS Quad: Success
• Nagle (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Nagle Drive just off MO 137 east of Grogan
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°09'60" N, 91°49'09" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 8 W., Sec. 21
  • Elevation: 1243
  • Civil township: Ozark
  • USGS Quad: Eunice
• Nile (Unincorporated)
  • Located north of Hartshorn
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°21'36" N, 91°39'57" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 7 W.
  • Elevation: 934
  • Civil township: Jackson
  • USGS Quad: Hartshorn
• Nirvana (Historical)
  • Located somewhere east of Kimble
  • Maps: 1895 McNally and 1904 McNally
• Old Evening Shade (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection Pump Station Road, Pine Hollow Road, and Pulaski Road northwest of Evening Shade
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°35'39" N, 92°10'38" W
  • Civil township: Roubidoux
  • USGS Quad: Roby
• Old Success (Unincorporated)
  • Located at junction Bell Road and Success Road just north of Success
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°27'27" N, 92°05'13" W
  • Civil township: Upton
  • USGS Quad: Success
• Oscar (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 137 between Licking and Raymondville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°24'51" N, 91°49'49" W
  • Civil township: Jackson
  • USGS Quad: Licking
• Pine Crest (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 17 between Route W and Route O
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°05'31" N, 91°39'31" W
  • Elevation: 1212
  • Civil township: Date
  • USGS Quad: Pine Crest
• Plato (Village)
  • Plato incorporated as a village on Jan. 1, 2000, but the population was not reported by the 2000 Census
  • Located on MO 32 west of Roby
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°30'13" N, 92°13'29" W
• Pleasant Ridge (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Pleasantridge
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°21'49" N, 92°10'11" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 11 W., Sec. 29
  • Elevation: 1325
  • Civil township: Upton
  • USGS Quad: Huggins
• Plum Valley (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Plum Valley Road just off MO 17 northwest of Bucyrus
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°21'36" N, 92°04'57" W
  • Civil township: Piney
  • USGS Quad: Bucyrus
• Prescott (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Prescott Road southwest of Licking
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°26'13" N, 91°55'17" W
  • Elevation: 1160
  • Civil township: Lynch
  • USGS Quad: Prescott
• Raftville (Unincorporated)
  • Located along Big Piney River, probably near the end of Route BB
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°27'27" N, 91°59'24" W
  • Survey: T. 32 N., R. 10 W., Sec. 24
  • Elevation: 1038
  • Civil township: Lynch
  • USGS Quad: Prescott
• Raymondville (Village)
  • Population: 442 (Change since 1990: +4.0%)
  • Located at the junction of MO 137 and Route B east of Houston
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°20'23" N, 91°50'02" W
• Roby (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the northern junction of MO 17 and MO 32 northwest of Success
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°30'56" N, 92°08'20" W
  • Civil township: Roubidoux
  • USGS Quad: Roby
• Roubidoux (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the intersection of Roubidoux Road and Flat Rock Road near the confluence of the east and west forks of Roubidoux Creek
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°25'21" N, 92°08'52" W
  • Elevation: 1139
  • Civil township: Upton
  • USGS Quad: Roubidoux
• Samoa (Unincorporated)
  • Located near Solo, southeast of Houston
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°16'28" N, 91°54'45" W
  • Survey: T. 30 N., R. 9 W., Sec. 27
  • Elevation: 1205
  • Civil township: Piney
  • USGS Quad: Houston
  • Map: 1895 McNally
• Sargent (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the end of Route AV southeast of Cabool
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°05'12" N, 92°01'37" W
  • Elevation: 1330
  • Civil township: Sargent
  • USGS Quad: Cabool SE
• Sherrill (Unincorporated)
  • Located near the intersection of Shafer Road (Old US 63) and Route CC north of Licking
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°35'19" N, 91°52'34" W
  • Civil township: Sherrill
  • USGS Quad: Beulah
• Simmons (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the junction of US 63 and Route Z between Cabool and Houston
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°13'50" N, 92°00'55" W
  • Elevation: 1120
  • Civil township: Cass
  • USGS Quad: Cabool NE
• Slabtown (Unincorporated)
  • Located near the end of Route AF northwest of Licking
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°33'47" N, 92°01'10" W
  • Civil township: Boone
  • USGS Quad: Slabtown Spring
• Solo (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the end of Route UU east of Simmons
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°13'60" N, 91°57'11" W
  • Elevation: 122
  • Civil township: Cass
  • USGS Quad: Elk Creek
• St. Anna (Historical)
  • Alternate name: St. Annie
  • Located in the northwest corner of the county, presumably along St. Anna Road
  • Map: 1904 McNally (Shown in Laclede County)
• Success (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the southern junction of MO 17 and MO 32 northwest of Houston
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°26'37" N, 92°05'15" W
  • Elevation: 1404
  • Civil township: Lynch
  • USGS Quad: Success
• Summersville (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 544 (Change since 1990: -4.7%)
  • Located at the junction of MO 17 and MO 106 at the Shannon County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°10'45" N, 91°39'24" W
• Theron (Historical)
  • Located near Plum Valley
• Turley (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Turley Road northwest of Roubidoux
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°26'48" N, 92°10'55" W
  • Civil township: Upton
  • USGS Quad: Roubidoux
• Twin Hickories (Historical)
  • Located somewhere between Licking and Oscar
• Tyrone (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route H west of MO 137
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°12'12" N, 91°52'35" W
  • Civil township: Cass
  • USGS Quad: Elk Creek
• Upton (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the end of Route FF northeast of Huggins
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°22'08" N, 92°09'50" W
  • Civil township: Upton
  • USGS Quad: Huggins
• Vada (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 32 northeast of Success
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°28'18" N, 92°03'03" W
  • Elevation: 1296
  • Civil township: Lynch
  • USGS Quad: Success
• Varvel (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Vervol
  • Located somewhere east of Sargent
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°05'50" N, 91°57'39" W
  • Survey: T. 28 N., R. 9 W.
  • Elevation: 1298
  • Civil township: Sargent
  • USGS Quad: Willow Springs North
  • Maps: 1895 McNally and 1904 McNally
• Venable (Unincorporated)
  • Located somewhere northeast of Ellis Prairie
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°24'22" N, 91°59'39" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 10 W., Sec. 12
  • Elevation: 1234
  • Civil township: Lynch
  • USGS Quad: Prescott
• Yukon (Unincorporated)
  • Located at junction MO 17 and MO 137 south of Raymondville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°16'23" N, 91°50'53" W
  • Elevation: 1316
  • Civil township: Ozark
  • USGS Quad: Raymondville

History

Name origin

Named for what was then the Republic of Texas

Demographics