Titan Tow & Repair covers Gentry County, Missouri, 24 hours a day, from Albany, the county seat, to Stanberry and King City. We tow heavy, medium and light duty, run winch-outs and recovery, and repair trucks and trailers at the roadside on US-136, US-169, Route 48 and Route 85, dispatched from our yard in Liberty, Missouri.
Gentry County's two US highways cross at Stanberry, in the west of the county. US-136 runs east from there to Albany, the county seat, where Route 85 crosses it. US-169 runs south from Stanberry to King City, which sits just short of the DeKalb County line, and north toward Worth County. Route 48 is the county's other numbered state highway, and lettered routes such as Route T reach places like McFall on the Daviess County line. Rail history runs through the towns: Stanberry was platted when the Wabash reached it in 1879, Darlington was named for a railroad employee, Gentry was platted by the railroad, and King City was a stop on the St. Joseph and Des Moines Railway, a line that is now abandoned.
The Grand River and its forks shape the back roads. The East Fork flows south past the west side of Albany and joins the main river below the city, the village of Gentry stands on the Middle Fork, Darlington sits on the south edge of the Grand River floodplain, and Elam Bend Conservation Area lies on the river near McFall. Wildcat Creek runs along the south side of Stanberry. The Bluegrass Ridge Wind Farm stands a mile north of King City, and a large hog farm operates near Berlin. When you call from a county road, give dispatch the nearest town, the highway you turned off and which branch of the Grand River you are near.
| County | Gentry County, Missouri |
|---|---|
| County seat | Albany |
| Main roads | US-136, US-169, Route 48, Route 85, Route T |
| Towns covered | 8 |
| Hours | 24 hours a day, every day |
| Dispatched from | 2751 Liberty Landing Rd., Liberty, MO |
| Dispatch | (816) 888-8732 |
US-136 and Route 85 cross at Albany, the county seat and the largest city in Gentry County. Weldon Branch passes north of town, and Town Branch crosses its southern edge on the way to the East Fork of the Grand River. Platted as Athens in 1845, the town counts the Gentry County Courthouse and the Albany Carnegie Public Library among its National Register landmarks. Bethany lies to the east in Harrison County.
Stanberry owes its start to the Wabash Railroad, which reached the site in 1879, and today it is where US-136 crosses US-169 in western Gentry County. Wildcat Creek flows past the south side of town. Albany lies east along US-136, and King City south on US-169. The Gentry County Library is here, as are the Stanberry R-II schools.
King City sits on US-169 just inside Gentry County, three-quarters of a mile from the DeKalb County line, with Union Star about six miles southwest. Once a stop on the St. Joseph and Des Moines Railway, now abandoned, the town has the Big Pump on the Tri-County Museum grounds, and the Bluegrass Ridge Wind Farm, Missouri's first commercial wind farm, stands a mile north.
Towing in King CityMcFall is on Route T, right against the Daviess County line, with Pattonsburg to the southeast and Albany to the northwest. Elam Bend Conservation Area, on the Grand River, lies three miles southwest; if you are headed to or from it when you call, say so. The town was laid out in 1879 and named for John McFall Sr., who owned the site.
A railroad employee gave Darlington its name when the town was laid out in 1879. The small city stands on the south edge of the Grand River floodplain, approximately four miles southwest of Albany. Directions here run off the county seat, so describe where you are from Albany and whether you are down on the floodplain or on the higher ground at its edge.
On the west bank of the Middle Fork of the Grand River, the village of Gentry lies on US-169 north of King City and east of Maryville, with Grant City further up the highway. The railroad platted it in 1899, and it takes its name from the county, which honors Gen. Richard Gentry of the Seminole War. Mention the Middle Fork and whether you are on US-169 or a side road when you call.
The village of Worth is just across the line in Worth County, Missouri's smallest county by population and too small here for its own page. It sits on the west bank of the Middle Fork Grand River, about five miles south of Grant City. A gazebo stands in the middle of the road at Main and Washington, a detail for dispatch if you are turning a long trailer, and a sign on the east side marks the 1947 tornado.
Like Worth, Denver is over the line in Worth County, the same county without a page here. It lies along Route M just over one-half mile north of the Gentry County line, above the east bank of the East Fork of the Grand River and just south of where Little Rock Creek joins it. Laid out as Fairview in 1849, it was renamed in 1872 for James W. Denver, a territorial governor of Kansas.
Yes. Titan Tow & Repair runs 24 hours a day from our yard in Liberty, Missouri, and Stanberry is inside our service area. We send a heavy wrecker for a truck or trailer that has to be towed, a rollback flatbed for cars and pickups, and the mobile service truck when the fault can be repaired where it sits. Tell dispatch which of the two highways you are on, which side of Stanberry, your direction of travel and whether the trailer is loaded. In town, name a cross street or a business you can see.
Yes. Titan Tow & Repair runs winch-outs and recovery across Gentry County at any hour, including the low ground along the Grand River, where Darlington sits at the south edge of the floodplain. Tell us how far off the road the vehicle is, whether it has sunk to the axles and whether it is pulling anything. Our WreckMaster-certified operators rig the pull from firm ground, and once the pickup is out we can load it on a rollback flatbed if it will not drive.
Give the route letter, the nearest town and your direction of travel. Titan Tow & Repair's dispatcher will want something like "Route T, outside McFall, heading toward town," plus a mailbox number, farm name or crossroad if you can see one. McFall sits right against the Daviess County line, so say which side of the line you believe you are on. If you are near Elam Bend Conservation Area on the Grand River, mention that too, because it narrows the search.
