Banner, Missouri

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Banner, Missouri
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°41′49″N90°50′04″W / 37.69694°N 90.83444°W / 37.69694; -90.83444
Country United States
State Missouri
County Iron
Elevation
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1,034 ft (315 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 573
GNIS feature ID784661 [1]

Banner is an unincorporated community in northern Iron County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

The community is located on the banks of Keesling Branch one half mile from that stream's confluence with Cedar Creek [2] on Missouri Route 32 approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Belleview. [3]

History

A post office called Banner was established in 1924 in Kaolin Township [4] and remained in operation until 1956. [5] It is unknown why the name "Banner" was applied to this community. [6] A variant name was "Brule". [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Banner
  2. ↑ Banner, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968
  3. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 48 ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  4. ↑ "Iron County | The State Historical Society of Missouri". collections.shsmo.org. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on October 12, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Iron County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2016.


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