Fortescue, Missouri

About Fortescue

Set in the northwestern part of Missouri, Fortescue is a tiny community counting 21 people who proudly call it home.

Officially, Fortescue is an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 0.08 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 263 residents per square mile.

📰 Fortescue News Today

• Gary Hinkle January 16, 1941-December 29, 2025 St Joseph Post · Dec 30
• Fortescue, MO Weather Forecast AccuWeather · Aug 31
• Obituary information for Wilma Jean "Jeanie" Young Meierhoffer Funeral Home · Oct 12
• Tribute for Elizabeth Ann Guthrie Langsford Funeral Home · May 10
• Harold ‘Keith’ Donovan Obituary Dec 20, 2020 michelottisawyers.com · Dec 20

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Fortescue Unique

• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.08 sq mi.
• With 21 residents, it's one of America's smallest incorporated communities — everybody really does know everybody.
• Positioned in northwestern Missouri, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Fortescue

• Jamerson C. McCormack Conservation Area · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Fortescue

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