Junland, Missouri

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Junland is an unincorporated community in Butler County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

The community is at the junction of Missouri routes B (old Route 60) and Z five miles east of Poplar Bluff. It was a station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. [2]

The shortening and alteration of "jungleland", which apparently was descriptive of the condition of the original town site. [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Junland, Missouri
  2. Poplar Bluff, MO, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1935 (1950 rev.)
  3. "Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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