Faucett, Missouri

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.^[1]

The community's most notable landmark is the Farris Truck Stop on Interstate 29 which has a 1974 Peterbilt truck, with a 1965 Fruehauf trailer standing 50 feet high to advertise the truck stop.^[2]

The second highest (behind Ste.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.^[3]

Notable natives

Esther George, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

References

Municipalities and communities of Buchanan County, Missouri, United States

County seat: St. Joseph

Cities	De Kalb Dearborn‡ Easton Gower‡ St. Joseph

Villages	Agency Lewis and Clark Village Rushville

Townships	Agency Bloomington Center Crawford Jackson Lake Marion Platte Rush Tremont Washington Wayne

Unincorporated communities	Faucett Wallace

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 39°36′00″N 94°47′50″W / 39.60000°N 94.79722°W / 39.60000; -94.79722

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