Napier, Missouri

Napier
Extinct community
Napier Center remote station on the BNSF railroad
Napier Center remote station on the BNSF railroad
Napier is located in Missouri
Napier
Napier
Location within the state of Missouri
Coordinates: 40°02′56″N 95°15′28″W / 40.04889°N 95.25778°W / 40.04889; -95.25778 (Napier, Missouri)
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyHolt
TownshipMinton
Founded1882
Elevation
[1]
850 ft (260 m)

Napier is an extinct community in Holt County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1][2]

History

Napier was established as a station on January 1, 1882,[3] and named for a railroad promoter.[4] In 1887, the St. Joseph and Nebraska Railroad was built from Napier west to the Missouri River across from Rulo, Nebraska.[3] A post office called Banks was established in 1884; it was later called Napier in 1889.[5][6] and remained in operation until 1943.[6] In the early 20th Century, Napier boasted a hotel, an opera house, and a prominent train station in Holt County. On September 2, 1974, the train station was abandoned.[3] The BNSF railroad still runs trains daily through Napier on the Napier Subdivision.[7]

Geography

Napier is located in the easternmost sections of Minton Township.[8] It was the junction of two Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy railways: the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, which traveled west beginning at Napier, and the Kansas City, St. Joseph, and Council Bluffs Railroad, which traveled northwesterly through the town.[9] The Davis Creek Ditch passes by east of the settlement. It is located at the southwest corner of Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge.

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Napier
  2. ↑ "Holt County, Missouri Political Entities". Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Place Names. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Derr, Eileen (1981). Gone home: Directory of the deceased and items of history of Holt County, Missouri, 1837-1981. Holt County Missouri Historical Society.
  4. ↑ "Holt County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ↑ "Records of the Post Office Department, Missouri: Henry - Howell". National Archves Catalog. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
  7. ↑ "BNSF Railway Map" (PDF). BNSF. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  8. ↑ "TopoView". USGS. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Standard atlas of Holt County, Missouri, 1898". Chicago, Ill: Geo. A. Ogle & Co. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
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