Crown, Missouri

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Crown is an unincorporated community in Webster County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] Crown is located along Missouri Route KK on the south bank of the James River. Northview is approximately three miles northwest of the site. [2]

History

A post office called Crown was established in 1892, and remained in operation until 1906. [3] The community once had Crown Schoolhouse, now defunct. [4] The school took its name from a nearby country store of the same name. [5]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crown
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 52, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  4. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crown School
  5. ↑ "Webster County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2017.

37°15′52″N92°57′05″W / 37.26444°N 92.95139°W / 37.26444; -92.95139


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