Knob Lick, Missouri

Knob Lick, Missouri
Census-Designated Place
View from Knob Lick Mountain
View from Knob Lick Mountain
Location of Knob Lick in Missouri
Location of Knob Lick in Missouri
Coordinates: 37°40′42″N 90°22′04″W / 37.67833°N 90.36778°W / 37.67833; -90.36778
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountySaint Francois
Area
[1]
 • Total
0.99 sq mi (2.57 km2)
 • Land0.99 sq mi (2.57 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[2]
948 ft (289 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
147
 • Density147.89/sq mi (57.10/km2)
FIPS code29-39170
GNIS feature ID2806425[2]

Knob Lick is an unincorporated community in southern Saint Francois County, Missouri, United States.[2] It is located on Missouri Route DD, just east of U.S. Route 67, approximately eight miles south of Farmington.

Knob Lick has a post office with zip code 63651,[3] which has been in operation since 1870.[4] The community takes its name from nearby Knob Lick Mountain. In the Ozarks, knob typically refers to an isolated summit, and lick is a natural "salt lick" or salt spring.[5][6] The mountain is across U.S. Route 67 from the town at 37°39′52″N 90°23′09″W / 37.6645°N 90.3859°W / 37.6645; -90.3859. Eighty (80 acres (32 ha)) of the summit are protected by the Missouri Department of Conservation. A gravel road leads to the conservation area which includes a granite glade, picnic facilities, and a closed fire lookout tower.[7]

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Knob Lick, Missouri
  3. ^ "ZIP code search". US Postal Service. Retrieved December 29, 2009.
  4. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  5. ^ "St. Francois County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  6. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 358.
  7. ^ "Knob Lick Towersite". Missouri Department of Conservation. Retrieved February 22, 2020.