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Napier | |
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Extinct community | |
 Napier Center remote station on the BNSF railroad | |
  Napier Location within the state of Missouri | |
| Coordinates: 40°02′56″N 95°15′28″W / 40.04889°N 95.25778°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Holt |
| Township | Minton |
| Founded | 1882 |
| Elevation | 850 ft (260 m) |
Napier is an extinct community in Holt County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1][2]
History
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Napier
- ↑ "Holt County, Missouri Political Entities". Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Place Names. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
- 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.
- ↑ "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) - ↑ "Records of the Post Office Department, Missouri: Henry - Howell". National Archves Catalog. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
- 1 2 "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
- ↑ "BNSF Railway Map" (PDF). BNSF. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
- ↑ "TopoView". USGS. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
- ↑ "Standard atlas of Holt County, Missouri, 1898". Chicago, Ill: Geo. A. Ogle & Co. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
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