Couch, Missouri

Couch, Missouri
Unincorporated community
Couch Public School
Couch, Missouri
Coordinates: 36°36′22″N91°22′59″W / 36.60611°N 91.38306°W / 36.60611; -91.38306 [1]
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Oregon
Elevation [1]	679 ft (207 m)
GNIS feature ID	716377 [1]

Couch is a small, unincorporated community in Oregon County, Missouri, United States. ^[1] It is located six miles south of Alton on Missouri Route A. ^[2] The ZIP Code for Couch is 65690. ^[3]

History

A post office called Couch has been in operation since 1887. ^[4] The community has the name of George W. Couch, a first settler. ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Couch, Missouri
2. Missouri Atlas & Gasetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 65 ISBN   0899332242
3. "Couch ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
5. Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp.  337.
6. "Oregon County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.