Missouri Route 138
state highway in Buchanan County, Missouri, United States
Missouri Route 138 is a short highway (about one mile) in southern Buchanan County, Missouri, United States. Its eastern terminus is at Route 45/Route 273 north of Iatan. Its western terminus is in Lewis and Clark State Park. There are no towns on the highway.
Route description
Route 138 begins on the south shore of Lewis and Clark Lake in the community of Lewis and Clark Village within Lewis and Clark State Park, where the road continues east as Lake Shore Drive. From the beginning point, the route heads southwest on two-lane undivided Lake Shore Drive, passing fields and woods in the state park. The road turns to the east and becomes Lakecrest Boulevard, intersecting Lake Shore Drive again. Route 138 comes to its eastern terminus at an intersection with Route 45/Route 273.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Lewis and Clark Village, Buchanan County.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Missouri Route 138” as state highway in Buchanan County, Missouri, United States. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as state highway in Buchanan County, Missouri, United States. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2485386. Authority coordinates are 39.540, -95.058. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Missouri Route 138”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Missouri Route 138 primary sources, Missouri Route 138 archive and Missouri research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Missouri Route 138”?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Missouri Route 138” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.