Boulder City, Missouri

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Boulder City is an unincorporated community in Newton County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The community is on Missouri Route O, one mile west of Indian Creek and approximately nine miles southeast of Neosho. [2] [3]

Boulder City was so named on account of boulders near the original town site. [4]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boulder City, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 60, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. Stella, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1972
  4. "Newton County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.

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