Nimmons

History

Nimmons was established as a stop along the St. Louis, Kennett and Southeastern Railroad (later part of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway) in 1901, and was named for a railroad worker. The town was granted its own post office (since closed) in 1903, and several businesses, fueled by the timber industry, operated in the town over the next two decades. The town began to decline after timber resources in the area were exhausted.

Geography

Nimmons is located in eastern Clay County west of the St. Francis River, which forms the Arkansas–Missouri state line. Nimmons has a total area of , all land. Ecologically, Nimmons is located within the St. Francis Lowlands ecoregion within the larger Mississippi Alluvial Plain. The St. Francis Lowlands are a flat region mostly covered with row crop agriculture today, though also containing sand blows and sunken lands remaining from the 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes. Waterways have mostly been channelized, causing loss of aquatic and riparian wildlife habitat.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,581
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,433
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  1,298
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,279
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,260
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  1,074
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,014
• Common Grackle

  Quiscalus quiscula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  879

Most recent

• M 2.63 — 2026-08-04
  6 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
• M 2.93 — 2026-06-30
  14 km SSW of Williamsville, Missouri
• M 2.64 — 2026-05-29
  12 km E of Williamsville, Missouri
• M 2.64 — 2026-05-15
  8 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee
• M 4 — 2026-04-23
  1 km WNW of Cooter, Missouri
• M 2.84 — 2026-03-02
  3 km NW of Marston, Missouri