Finley Falls, Missouri

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Finley Falls is an extinct town in southern Webster County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. [1] The community is located on Little Finley Creek, approximately 3.5 miles west-southwest of Seymour on Webster County Road 322. [2] [3]

The community took its name from a nearby cascade on Finley Creek. [4]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Finley Falls
  2. Seymour Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982
  3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 53, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  4. "Webster County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2017.

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