Hams Prairie, Missouri

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Hams Prairie (originally Ham's Prairie) is an unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri, United States. [1] The town is located 5.5 miles south-southeast of Fulton on Missouri Route C. Mokane on the north edge of the Missouri River floodplain is six miles further south along Route C. [2]

Hams Prairie is named for Rev. John Ham, a Methodist minister who arrived in Callaway County in 1815 and cut his name on a tree at the edge of the prairie one year later. [3] A post office called Hams Prairie was established in 1865, and remained in operation until 1907. [4]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hams Prairie, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p.38 ISBN   0899332242
  3. A Short History of Callaway County by Ovid Bell, p.3, and History of Callaway County, p.113 and p.481, as cited by Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society: Other Communities, retrieved 14 January 2008.
  4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 7, 2016.

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