14 Facts About Carthage Missouri

Carthage Missouri was chosen as the county seat, the area cleared and the town platted in 1842.

The "Second Battle of Carthage Missouri" occurred in October 1863 when Union troops confronted Confederate troops north of town and forced them to return to Arkansas.

Nearby lead mines and limestone quarries contributed significant wealth and Carthage Missouri became one of the most prosperous towns in the area.

Growth in Carthage Missouri can be documented through Sanborn maps, many of which are available online.

Carthage Missouri is located south of the Spring River along US Route 71.

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Carthage Missouri was well known in the early 20th century for the fine-grained, extremely dense grey limestone, "Carthage Missouri Marble", which came from that mine and was used for numerous public buildings throughout the US, including the Capitol Building in Jefferson City and the Jasper County Courthouse.

Carthage Missouri has several food manufacturers and processing plants in and around the city.

Dyno Nobel plant in Carthage Missouri is the only facility manufacturing dynamite in North America.

Since 1966, Carthage Missouri has held a festival each October called the Maple Leaf Festival.

Since 1978, Carthage Missouri has hosted the annual Marian Days celebration for Vietnamese American Catholics.

Carthage Missouri is the home of the Precious Moments Park and Chapel, a tourist attraction with paintings and oversized depictions of the popular porcelain figurines.

Victorian era homes of Carthage Missouri are featured in It Wasn't A Dream, It Was A Flood, a 1974 autobiographical, 16mm short film about poet Frank Stanford.

Demand for the music of Scott, who began to compose while living in Carthage Missouri, convinced Dumars to publish Scott's "A Summer Breeze" in 1903.

Carthage Missouri is divided into five wards, each represented by two members.