Boss, Missouri

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Boss, Missouri
Unincorporated community
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Boss, Missouri
Coordinates: 37°38′35″N91°11′21″W / 37.64306°N 91.18917°W / 37.64306; -91.18917
Country United States
State Missouri
County Dent
Elevation
[1]
1,122 ft (342 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 573
GNIS feature ID748967 [1]

Boss is an unincorporated rural hamlet in eastern Dent County, Missouri. [1] It is approximately 18 miles east of Salem along Route 32.

The community is named after the nickname of Marion "Boss" Nelson, a lumberman supervisor. [2] A post office at Boss has been in operation since 1901. [3] There is also a residential hotel.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boss, Missouri
  2. ↑ "Dent County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2016.


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