Editing Seneca, Missouri (section)

==Geography==
Seneca is located on [[Lost Creek (Spring River)|Lost Creek]], approximately one-quarter mile from the Missouri-[[Oklahoma]] state line. [[Missouri Route 43]] passes through the town and [[U.S. Route 60 in Missouri|U.S. Route 60]] passes just south of the location. [[Neosho, Missouri|Neosho]] is about ten miles east, along Route 60.<ref>''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer'', DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 60, {{ISBN|0-89933-224-2}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|2.56|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2012-07-08|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archivedate=2012-01-25}}</ref>

Seneca is located in Lost Creek Valley, five miles upstream from the [[Grand Lake of the Cherokees]] and five miles downstream from the quaint Old Settlers town of [[Racine, Missouri|Racine]]. The [[Frisco Railroad]] (now Burlington-Northern) runs through this valley.

Prior to 1959, highway traffic to and from [[Oklahoma]] largely followed [[U.S. Route 60 in Missouri|US 60]] through Seneca. US 60 joins the more famous [[U.S. Route 66 in Missouri|U.S. Route 66]], approximately 15 miles west of Seneca.