The United States of America is a federal union of 50 states and a capital district. The state of Missouri is in the center of the country on the west bank of the Mississippi River, with Iowa immediately to the north and Arkansas to the south. The state has two important waterways: the Mississippi River flows along its eastern edge, and the Missouri River follows the northwestern border before crossing the state from Kansas City to join the Mississippi at St. Louis. The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Upper Mississippi River, based in St. Louis is responsible for navigation aids on the two rivers but very few of them qualify as lighthouses. The territory of Missouri was acquired by the U.S. from France in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Missouri was admitted to the Union as the 24th state in 1821. To be listed in the Directory, a lighthouse must actually serve as an aid to navigation. This means it must be located on a navigable lake or river and must be lit as a navigational aid at least during the local boating season. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. USCG numbers are from volume 5 of the U.S. Coast Guard List of Lights.
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Adjoining pages: North: Iowa | East: Illinois | South: Arkansas | West: Kansas | Northwest: Nebraska
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Posted July 15, 2003. Checked and revised October 30, 2024. Lighthouses: 7. Site copyright 2024 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.