Darien, Missouri

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Darien
Unincorporated community
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Darien
Coordinates: 37°31′12″N91°35′33″W / 37.52000°N 91.59250°W / 37.52000; -91.59250
CountryUnited States
State Missouri
County Dent County
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)

Darien is an unincorporated community in Dent County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

History

A post office called Darien was established in 1888, and remained in operation until 1954. [2] The community was named after a place mentioned in the last line of the John Keats sonnet "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer". [3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Darien, Missouri
  2. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  3. ↑ Ramsay, Robert L. (1952). Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names. University of Missouri Press. p. 137. ISBN   978-0-8262-0586-5.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)


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