Corbin, Missouri

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Corbin, Missouri
Former community
Corbin Iconium MO Quadrangle 1940 excerpt.jpg
Location of Corbin on 1940 USGS map, south of the Osage River
Coordinates: 38°03′57″N93°35′48″W / 38.0658629°N 93.5965962°W / 38.0658629; -93.5965962
Country United States
State Missouri
County St. Clair
Excerpt of 1991 USGS map with red circle showing approximate former location of Corbin. Note former "Corbin Ch." location in 1940 map now labeled as "Bear Creek Ch.", and Missouri Route 82 has been realigned to the south. The former Route 82 alignment is now NE 320 Rd. through this segment. The road joins modern Route 82 to the east, and ends to the west where the now inundated and wider Weaubleau Creek lies. Corbin Iconium quad 1991 excerpt.png
Excerpt of 1991 USGS map with red circle showing approximate former location of Corbin. Note former "Corbin Ch." location in 1940 map now labeled as "Bear Creek Ch.", and Missouri Route 82 has been realigned to the south. The former Route 82 alignment is now NE 320 Rd. through this segment. The road joins modern Route 82 to the east, and ends to the west where the now inundated and wider Weaubleau Creek lies.

Corbin is a former rural community in St. Clair County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It was located in Section 8 of Polk Township, about seven miles east of Osceola. [1] The community site was inundated and destroyed with the creation of the Truman Reservoir. [2] [3]

A post office called Corbin was established in 1901, named for Jim Corbin, and remained in operation until 1933. [4] [5] [6]

The former Corbin Church laying west along former Route 82 from the Corbin post office is now Bear Creek Church, and Missouri Route 82 has been realigned to the south. The former Route 82 alignment is now NE 320 Rd. through the former location of Corbin. The road joins modern Route 82 to the east, and ends to the west where the now inundated and wider Weaubleau Creek lies in the Truman Reservoir Management Lands. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Moser, Arthur Paul. A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets, Past and Present of St. Clair County, Missouri, Retrieved 12 October 2020
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Corbin (historical)
  3. ↑ Missouri State Archives - Finding Aid (998.492), p. 23 (discussion of "old white schoolhouse outside of Corbin, MO", numerous references to Bear Creek Cemetery former name of Corbin cemetery)
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  5. ↑ "St. Clair County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  6. ↑ Synhorst, Curtis H. Cultural Resources Project, Harry S. Truman Dam and Reservoir Project, Volume II Historical Resources: Historical Gazetteer and Mitigation Recommendations, US Army Corps of Engineers (1983), p. 54 (notes that Corbin post office was named at Jim Corbin, who established it)
  7. ↑ Truman Reservoir Management Lands (Weaubleau Creek), Missouri Department of Conservation, Retrieved 27 October 2020


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