Cook Station, Missouri

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Cook Station is an unincorporated community in southwest Crawford County, Missouri, United States. [1] It is located on the Meramec River, approximately ten miles south of Steelville, along Missouri Route M. [2]

Cook Station had its start in the 1870s when the St. Louis and San Francisco was extended to that point. [3] The community was named after C. C. Cook, a local resident who paid the railroad company in exchange for the naming rights. [3] A post office called Cook Station was established in 1874, and remained in operation until 1998. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cook Station, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 47 ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. 1 2 "Crawford County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.

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