The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusLake Timberline is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in St. Francois County, Missouri, United States. The community is built around several reservoirs constructed in the valleys of Bee Run and Primrose Creek, southwest-flowing tributaries of the Big River, which in turn flows northwest to the Meramec River. The community is in northern St. Francois County, bordered to the north by Jefferson County. It lies northwest of U.S. Route 67, 6 miles (10 km) north of Bonne Terre, 19 miles (31 km) southwest of Festus, and 53 miles (85 km) southwest of St. Louis. The community was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
Half of its homes were built before 1983.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lake Timberline yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lake Timberline’s history is told.
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Lake Timberline, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Lake Timberline is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lake Timberline has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bonne Terre Mine in Bonne Terre, 5.2 miles away.
Lake Timberline and the nearest listed places
Closest to Lake Timberline
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.