Faith, Missouri

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Faith is an unincorporated community in southern Miller County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is located approximately six miles southwest of Iberia near the headwaters of Barren Fork. [2]

History

A general store, trading post, mill, blacksmith, school, and church were established just after the Civil War by James Milton Wall and his wife Mildred James. They named the community Faith, which later grew into a town. Wall, called "Black Jim" because of his dark features, left Montgomery, Virginia to go 'west". [3] [4]

A post office called Faith was established in 1900, and remained in operation until 1907. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Faith, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 45 ISBN   0899332242
  3. ↑ "Faith Community". Miller County Museum. Miller County Historical Society. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Miller County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.

38°03′16″N92°23′52″W / 38.05444°N 92.39778°W / 38.05444; -92.39778



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