Goltra, Missouri

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Goltra [1] was a railroad station on the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad line in western Crawford County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Goltra was located on the east bank of the Meramec River between Cook Station to the south and Wesco to the north. [2] Missouri Route M passes through the location. [3]

The station was named after Edward Goltra, an official at a nearby blast furnace. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Goltra, Missouri
  2. ↑ Steelville, MO, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1933 (1966 rev.)
  3. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme 1st ed., 1998, p. 47 ISBN   0899332242
  4. ↑ "Crawford County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

Coordinates: 37°49′47″N91°26′13″W / 37.82972°N 91.43694°W / 37.82972; -91.43694


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