Caulfield, Missouri
Encyclopedia
Caulfield is an unincorporated community
in western Howell County
, Missouri
, United States
. It is located on U.S. Highway 160 about fifteen miles west of West Plains
. The community was founded in 1930 and is named after Missouri governor Henry Stewart Caulfield
, who took office in 1929.
On March 1, 2007, a tornado
hit Caulfield
, killing 7-year-old Caulfield resident Elizabeth Croney. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17397486/?GT1=9145
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in western Howell County
Howell County, Missouri
Howell County is a county located in South Central Missouri in the United States. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the county's population was 40,400. The largest city and county seat is West Plains...
, Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is located on U.S. Highway 160 about fifteen miles west of West Plains
West Plains, Missouri
West Plains is a city in Howell County, Missouri, United States. The population was 10,866 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Howell County. The West Plains Micropolitan Statistical Area consists of Howell County.-Geography:...
. The community was founded in 1930 and is named after Missouri governor Henry Stewart Caulfield
Henry S. Caulfield
Henry Stewart Caulfield was an American lawyer and Republican politician from St. Louis, Missouri. He represented Missouri in the U.S. House from 1907 to 1909 and was the 37th Governor of Missouri from 1929 to 1933...
, who took office in 1929.
On March 1, 2007, a tornado
Tornado
A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as a twister or a cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology in a wider...
hit Caulfield
February-March 2007 Tornado Outbreak
The February–March 2007 Tornado Outbreak was a tornado outbreak across the southern United States that began in Kansas on February 28, 2007. The severe weather spread eastward on March 1 and left a deadly mark across the southern US, particularly in Alabama and Georgia. Twenty deaths were...
, killing 7-year-old Caulfield resident Elizabeth Croney. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17397486/?GT1=9145