Cardy, Missouri

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Cardy, Missouri
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°00′06″N92°35′44″W / 40.00167°N 92.59556°W / 40.00167; -92.59556
Country United States
State Missouri
County Macon
Elevation
945 ft (288 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 660
GNIS feature ID740721 [1]

Cardy (also La Crosse, LaCrosse) is an unincorporated community in Macon County, Missouri, United States. [1]

An early variant name was "La Crosse". [1] A post office called La Crosse was established in 1888, and remained in operation until 1957. [2] La Crosse is a name derived from the French language, meaning "the cross". [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cardy
  2. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Macon County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2016.


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