Bachelor, Missouri

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Bachelor is an unincorporated community in northern Callaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The community is on Missouri Route A, approximately six miles east-southeast of Auxvasse. The headwaters of Bachelor Creek are to the northwest of the community. [2]

History

A post office called Bachelor was established in 1875, and remained in operation until 1959. [3] The community was named after Bachelor Creek. [4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bachelor, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2007, Third edition, p. 38, ISBN   0-89933-353-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Callaway County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

38°59′36″N91°46′20″W / 38.99333°N 91.77222°W / 38.99333; -91.77222


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