Faucett, Missouri
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Faucett is an unincorporated community in southern Buchanan County
, Missouri
(USA
). It is located sixteen miles north of Platte City
on Interstate 29
/U.S. Route 71
. The community is part of the St. Joseph, MO–KS
Metropolitan Statistical Area
.
It derives its name from Robert Faucett, who was a local miller when the Chicago Great Western Railroad established the community in 1890.
The community's most notable landmark is the Faris Truck Stop on Interstate 29
which has a 1974 Peterbilt truck, with a 1965 Fruehauf trailer standing 50 feet high to advetise the truck stop.
The second highest (behind St. Genevieve) collection of meteorites in the state of Missouri have been found around the community (100 kg.) with most believed to have fallen in 1907.
Buchanan County, Missouri
Buchanan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2010, the population was 89,201. Its county seat is Saint Joseph. When originally formed in 1838, the county was named Roberts County, after settler Hiram Roberts; it was renamed in 1839 for James Buchanan, then a U.S....
, 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...
(USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
). It is located sixteen miles north of Platte City
Platte City, Missouri
Platte City is a city in Platte County, Missouri, along the Little Platte River. The population was 3,866 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Platte County.-Geography:Platte City is located at...
on Interstate 29
Interstate 29
Interstate 29 is an Interstate Highway in the Midwestern United States. I-29 runs from Kansas City, Missouri, at a junction with Interstate 35 and Interstate 70 to the Canadian border near Pembina, North Dakota, where it connects with Manitoba Highway 75 via the short Manitoba Highway 29.-Route...
/U.S. Route 71
U.S. Route 71
U.S. Route 71 is a north–south United States highway. This original 1926 route has remained largely unchanged by encroaching Interstate highways. Currently, the highway's northern terminus is in International Falls, Minnesota at the Canadian border, at the southern end of the Fort...
. The community is part of the St. Joseph, MO–KS
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
Metropolitan Statistical Area
St. Joseph, Missouri Metropolitan Area
The St. Joseph Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of four counties - three in northwest Missouri and one in northeast Kansas - anchored by the city of St. Joseph...
.
It derives its name from Robert Faucett, who was a local miller when the Chicago Great Western Railroad established the community in 1890.
The community's most notable landmark is the Faris Truck Stop on Interstate 29
Interstate 29
Interstate 29 is an Interstate Highway in the Midwestern United States. I-29 runs from Kansas City, Missouri, at a junction with Interstate 35 and Interstate 70 to the Canadian border near Pembina, North Dakota, where it connects with Manitoba Highway 75 via the short Manitoba Highway 29.-Route...
which has a 1974 Peterbilt truck, with a 1965 Fruehauf trailer standing 50 feet high to advetise the truck stop.
The second highest (behind St. Genevieve) collection of meteorites in the state of Missouri have been found around the community (100 kg.) with most believed to have fallen in 1907.