Enterprise, Linn County, Missouri

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Enterprise is an unincorporated community in northern Linn County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

The community is on a county road approximately one mile south of the Linn-Sullivan county line and four miles east of Browning. Upper tributaries of Long Branch flow past the community. [2]

History

Enterprise was originally called Northcutt, and under the latter name was platted in the late 1850s, and named after B. F. Northcutt, the original owner of the town site. [3] Another variant name was "Rodney". [1] A post office called Northcutt was established in 1858, the name was later changed to Rodney, and the post office closed in 1902. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Enterprise
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 22, ISBN   0899332242
  3. ↑ "Linn County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 29, 2016.

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