Chapel Hill, Missouri

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Chapel Hill is an unincorporated community in southwest Lafayette County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The community is on Missouri Route Z approximately six miles south of Bates City. [2]

History

A post office called Chapel Hill was established in 1850, and remained in operation until 1914. [3] The community took its name from the local Chapel Hill College; the school was destroyed during the Civil War in the 1860s. [4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chapel Hill, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 34 ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Lafayette County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

38°55′03″N94°03′30″W / 38.91750°N 94.05833°W / 38.91750; -94.05833


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