Jerktail | |
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  Jerktail Location within the state of Missouri | |
| Coordinates: 37°25′27″N92°26′13″W / 37.42417°N 92.43694°W Coordinates: 37°25′27″N92°26′13″W / 37.42417°N 92.43694°W [1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Wright |
| Elevation | 1,306 ft (398 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 750505 [1] |
Jerktail is an unincorporated community located in northern Wright County, Missouri, United States. [1] The community is approximately two miles west of the Gasconade River and about three miles south of Competition in adjacent Laclede County. [2]
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.
Wright County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 18,815. Its county seat is Hartville. The county was officially organized on January 29, 1841, and is named after Silas Wright, a former Congressman, U.S. Senator and Governor of New York.
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States. With over six million residents, it is the 18th-most populous state of the Union. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield and Columbia; the capital is Jefferson City. The state is the 21st-most extensive in area. Missouri is bordered by eight states : Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska to the west. In the South are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals and recreation. The Missouri River, after which the state is named, flows through the center of the state into the Mississippi River, which makes up Missouri's eastern border.
Variant names were "Jerk Tail" and "Mint". [1] A post office called Mint was established in 1889, and remained in operation until 1910. [3] The former name "Mint" was due to the abundance of wild mint bushes near the original town site. [4]
