MISSOURI CITY A post village of Clay county, in Fishing River township, beautifully situated on the Missouri river, seven miles from Liberty, the county seat, 300 miles from St. Louis, and 150 miles from Jefferson City, and on the contemplated routes of the Missouri Valley, Kansas City and Keokuk railroads. It was settled by Wm. L. Smith in the year 1848, and in 1853 a post office was established. It has three stage routes—Stewartsville, 42 miles, Cameron, 38 miles, and Elizabethtown, 93 miles. It contains one Masonic lodge, Anzarona, No. 193, one Odd Fellows lodge, Richfield, No.108,five churches, one Baptist, one Christian, one Methodist, and two Presbyterian, Old and New School. The average price of cultivated land, $40 per acre, uncultivated $30. The principal kinds of timber are oak, hickory, ash, beach, and white walnut. Principal productions are hemp, wheat, corn, barley, and grass. It contains one manufacturer and dealer in agricultural implements, one architect, three attorneys at law, two auctioneers, one bakery, three blacksmiths, one boot and shoe maker, two brick yards, one butcher, one cabinet maker, one carding machine, five carpenters and builders, three carriage and wagon makers, one clothing dealer, one dentist, two druggists, one Express agent, (U. S. Co.,) three groceries, five general stores, one gunsmith, one harness maker, two hotels, one insurance agent, one jeweler and watch maker, one livery stable, three painters, five physicians and surgeons, one rope manufacturer, one sash and blind manufacturer, three steam saw mills, two steamboat agents, one wine and liquor store, &c. Population 500. Mayor. U.B. Burris. Marshal, Newton Field. (Missouri State Gazetteer..., 1860)