About Pierce City, Missouri

Pierce City is a southwest Missouri community with 1,251 residents recorded in the 2020 census. Established as a railroad stop in 1870, it carries an altered spelling of railroad president Andrew Peirce Jr.'s surname. Its history includes registered civic buildings, racial violence in 1901, and extensive destruction from an F3 tornado in 2003.

  • Railroad OriginsLaid out in 1870 as an Atlantic and Pacific Railroad stop, the town was named for Boston railroad president Andrew Peirce Jr.
  • Changed SpellingThe Postal Service used Pierce instead of Peirce, and the altered form became official in the 1930s.
  • 1901 Racial ViolenceIn 1901, a white mob lynched three Black men, burned five Black homes, and forced 30 families into the woods.
  • 2003 TornadoAn F3 tornado in May 2003 damaged nearly every building, devastated much of the historic downtown, and killed J. Dale Taunton.

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Names on the Pierce City map

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Places and landmarks2

  • Pierce City Cemetery
  • Pierce City Park

Streets and roads64

  • East Morris Avenue
  • North Elm Street
  • West Commercial Street
  • Lindsey Boulevard
  • Linzee Boulevard
  • East Commercial Street
  • South Ford Street
  • Commercial Street
  • West Newman Avenue
  • East Jefferson Street
  • East Jefferson Avenue
  • North Gibbs Avenue
  • East Pierce Avenue
  • North Walnut Street
  • West Morris Avenue
  • East Monroe Street
  • East Newman Avenue
  • Adams Avenue
  • West Main Street
  • West Adams Avenue
  • East Adams Avenue
  • Lawrence
  • West Washington Avenue
  • East Madison Street
  • Phelps Avenue
  • Front Street
  • North Locust Street
  • North Pine Street
  • Gibbs Avenue
  • North Myrtle Street
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  • North Spruce Street
  • South Elm Street
  • Myrtle Street
  • Golubski Avenue
  • South Walnut Street
  • North Olive Street
  • East Washington Avenue
  • Ball Park Road
  • East Main Street
  • Monroe Drive
  • Fair Avenue
  • Lawrence 2220
  • Pierce Avenue
  • South Pine Street
  • West Halstead Avenue
  • Park Lane
  • Pennsylvania Street
  • East Phelps Avenue
  • Jefferson Avenue
  • Madison Street
  • Halstead Avenue
  • Old Central Drive
  • Tammy Lane
  • Short Street
  • Imperial Drive
  • Railview
  • Pine Street
  • Ford Street
  • West Phelps Avenue
  • Jim Dacy
  • Timothy Lane
  • Water Tower Road
  • Lawrence 1028
  • Lawrence 1030

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The art of mapping a place

How This Map Was Made

Real places. Remarkable detail. Discover the layers that turn geographic data into a map of home.

  1. Aerial imagery of Mendon, Massachusetts, from the USDA NAIP program

    The view from above

    Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.

  2. USGS elevation data rendered as shaded relief of Mendon, Massachusetts

    The shape of the land

    Elevation data brings hills, valleys, and subtle changes in the landscape into view.

  3. Closeup of roads, waterways, and buildings on the Mendon, Massachusetts map

    The details of home

    Roads, waterways, and building footprints come together to make the map feel unmistakably local.

  4. Finished Mendon, Massachusetts map shown in a black frame

    Geography becomes art

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Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.

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