Pest Control in Murphysburg, Joplin

South of downtown, the original Joplin town site between Main Street and the rail corridor.

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About Murphysburg

Murphysburg is the original town site south of Main Street, platted in the 1870s as Joplin grew around the lead and zinc diggings. Houses are mostly late 1800s and early 1900s frame cottages and brick foursquares on narrow lots, many on pier-and-beam foundations. Two of the city's earliest neighborhood parks sit inside the district.

Housing: Late 1800s and early 1900s frame cottages and brick foursquares on narrow original town lots, many still on pier-and-beam foundations.
Landmarks: Main Street, Murphy and Leffen Park, Byers and Murphy Park, Joplin Union Depot; Zip 64801

Pest pressure in Murphysburg

Pier-and-beam foundations and original wood sill plates give subterranean termites an easy path from damp crawl spaces into the framing.
Homes this age on this side of town also shelter brown recluse spiders in attics, basements, and backyard storage sheds.
The mature oaks and elms along the old streets keep leaf litter shaded and damp enough for ticks to persist through summer.