Beemont, Missouri

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Beemont is an unincorporated community in western Franklin County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The community is located on Missouri Route ZZ on the west side of Boeuf Creek one half mile east of the Franklin-Gasconade county line. [2]

History

A post office called Beemont was established in 1878, and remained in operation until 1915. [3] The community was so named in jest because its few businesses were said to be as "busy as a bee". [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beemont, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2007, Third edition, p. 39, ISBN   0-89933-353-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Franklin County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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