Calm, Missouri

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Calm is an unincorporated community in southeastern Oregon County, in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. [1] The community is located at the junction of Missouri routes 142 and UU, one mile east of the Eleven Point River and two miles west of the Oregon - Ripley county line. [2]

History

A post office called Calm was established in 1898 and remained in operation until 1907. [3] According to tradition, the community was so named on account of the low noise level in the neighborhood. [4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Calm, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 65, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Oregon County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.

36°33′06″N91°09′42″W / 36.55167°N 91.16167°W / 36.55167; -91.16167


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