Blue Ridge, Missouri

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Blue Ridge is an unincorporated community in southeast Harrison County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

The community is located at the intersection of Missouri routes 146 and MM approximately six miles southeast of Bethany and five miles northwest of Gilman City. The site is on a broad ridge between Sugar Creek to the northeast and Cypress Creek to the southwest. [2]

History

A post office called Blue Ridge was established in 1856, and remained in operation until 1908. [3] The community most likely was named after the ridge near the town site. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blue Ridge, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 21 ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Harrison County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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