Emergency Crime Scene and Biohazard Cleanup in Webb City, MO

Webb City is a city in Jasper County in southwestern Missouri, part of the Joplin metropolitan area, and nicknamed the 'City of Flags.'

Webb City was founded on John C. Webb's 200-acre farm, where Webb famously discovered lead ore in 1873 when his plow struck a boulder of pure lead while plowing a field.

Webb City, first called Webbville, was platted by John C. Webb in September 1875 and incorporated in December 1876 with a population of about 700.

Webb City sat at the center of the Tri-State Mining District, then the world's largest and most productive lead and zinc mining field, with some 700 mines operating in and around Webb City and Carterville at the boom's height.

Webb City's population exploded from 1,588 in 1880 to 9,201 in 1900, and reached roughly 15,000 during World War I, when the district's zinc and lead concentrates were valued at more than $18 million.

Historic Route 66 ran through downtown Webb City beginning in 1926, and the Elijah Thomas Webb Residence, an elaborate Queen Anne home built around 1891 by the founder's son on Old Route 66, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

After a rowdy saloon era centered on Daugherty Street, known as 'Red Hot Street,' Webb City voted itself a dry city in 1910 under pressure from the temperance movement.

Webb City had 13,031 residents in 5,164 households at the 2020 census, an 18.5% jump from 2010 that made it one of the faster-growing cities in the Joplin area.

Webb City High School is a Missouri high school football powerhouse — longtime coach John Roderique won more state championships than any coach in Missouri history.

The mining era never fully left Webb City: the city remains surrounded by chat piles of mine waste rock that are still used in road building.