Chloride, Missouri

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Chloride, Missouri
Unincorporated community
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Chloride
Coordinates: 37°27′38″N90°41′13″W / 37.46056°N 90.68694°W / 37.46056; -90.68694 Coordinates: 37°27′38″N90°41′13″W / 37.46056°N 90.68694°W / 37.46056; -90.68694
Country United States
State Missouri
County Iron
Elevation
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801 ft (244 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 573
GNIS feature ID749349 [1]

Chloride is an unincorporated community in Iron County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] Chloride is located on Big Creek along Missouri Route 49. The community is approximately 1.5 miles south of the lead smelter at Glover. [2]

History

A post office called Chloride was established in 1904, and remained in operation until 1953. [3] The community's name is a transfer from Chloride, Arizona, the onetime home of an early settler. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chloride, Missouri
  2. ↑ Glover, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 2000 (2003 rev.)
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Iron County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)



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