Junland, Missouri

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Junland, Missouri
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Junland
Coordinates: 36°46′07″N90°16′51″W / 36.76861°N 90.28083°W / 36.76861; -90.28083
Country United States
State Missouri
County Butler
Elevation
325 ft (99 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 573
GNIS feature ID750553 [1]

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

Junland is located 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 name Junland is a shortened alteration of "jungleland," descriptive of the condition of the original town site. [3]

On January 29, 2013, an EF2 tornado struck Junland. The storm leveled a small, older, poorly constructed home, destroyed a mobile home, and blew over several small structures. Many trees were also snapped along the path. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 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)
  4. ↑ National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Paducah, Kentucky (2013). Missouri Event Report: EF2 Tornado (Report). National Centers for Environmental Information. Retrieved November 18, 2017.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .