Argo, Missouri

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Argo is an unincorporated community in northwest Crawford County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The community is on a ridge northwest of the Little Bourbeuse River. The site is located on Missouri Route C about five miles northwest of Bourbon and Interstate 44. [2]

History

A post office called Argo was established in 1849, and discontinued in 1906. [3] The community most likely was named after the mythological ship Argo . [4]

In 1925, Argo had 24 inhabitants. [5]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Argo, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 47, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Crawford County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ↑ Rand McNally and Company (1925). Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States, Territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. p. 259. Retrieved February 19, 2023.

38°11′02″N91°19′50″W / 38.18389°N 91.33056°W / 38.18389; -91.33056


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