Good Water, Missouri

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Good Water, Missouri
Unincorporated community
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Good Water
Coordinates: 37°42′48″N91°02′46″W / 37.71333°N 91.04611°W / 37.71333; -91.04611
Country United States
State Missouri
County Iron
Elevation
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1,011 ft (308 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 573
GNIS feature ID750071 [1]

Good Water is an unincorporated community in northwest Iron County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

The community is on Missouri Route Z approximately 4.5 miles due east of Viburnum and 3.5 miles southeast of Courtois in adjacent Washington County. Courtois Creek flows past the site. [2]

History

A post office called Good Water was established in 1871, and remained in operation until 1943. [3] The community was so named for the superior quality of the springwater near the original town site. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Good Water, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 56, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Iron County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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