Donia, Missouri

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Donia is an extinct town in St. Clair County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. [1]

St. Clair County, Missouri U.S. county in Missouri

St. Clair County is a county located in the western portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,805. Its county seat is Osceola. The largest city is Appleton City. The county was organized in 1841 and named after General Arthur St. Clair, Governor of the Northwest Territory. St. Clair was also the 9th president of the United States in Congress Assembled. Under his presidency, the Northwest Ordinance and United States Constitution were passed.

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Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States. With over six million residents, it is the 18th-most populous state of the Union. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield and Columbia; the capital is Jefferson City. The state is the 21st-most extensive in area. Missouri is bordered by eight states : Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska to the west. In the South are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals and recreation. The Missouri River, after which the state is named, flows through the center of the state into the Mississippi River, which makes up Missouri's eastern border.

A post office called Donia was established in 1896, and remained in operation until 1906. [2] The name "Donia" is a contraction of the first name of Caledonia Bunell Dade, the wife of the original owner of the town site. [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Donia
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  3. "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.

Coordinates: 37°58′38″N94°02′30″W / 37.97722°N 94.04167°W / 37.97722; -94.04167

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