Ketcherside Mountain

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Ketcherside Mountain
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Ketcherside Mountain
Highest point
Elevation 1,698 ft (518 m) [1]
Coordinates 37°31′25″N90°40′08″W / 37.52361°N 90.66889°W / 37.52361; -90.66889 [2]
Geography
Location Iron County, Missouri, U.S.
Parent range Saint Francois Mountains
Topo map USGS Ironton

Ketcherside Mountain is a summit in Iron County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [2] The peak lies about 4+12 miles (7 km) southeast of Taum Sauk Mountain and about 6+12 miles (10 km) south-southwest of Ironton. Hogan and Hogan Mountain lie to the west-southwest. [3]

Ketcherside Mountain has the name of the local Ketcherside (or Catcherside) family. [4]

References

  1. Ironton, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968
  2. 1 2 "Ketcherside Mountain". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved June 23, 2017.
  3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 56 ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  4. "Iron County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)