Kremlin Mill, Missouri

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Kremlin Mill, Missouri
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Kremlin Mill
Coordinates: 36°37′53″N90°34′15″W / 36.63139°N 90.57083°W / 36.63139; -90.57083
Country United States
State Missouri
County Butler
Elevation
345 ft (105 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 573
GNIS feature ID735295 [1]

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

The mill was on the Little Black River approximately two miles west-southwest of Taft. [2]

History

A post office called Kremlin Mills was in operation from 1878 until 1880, and a post office called Kremlin from 1887 until 1888. [3] The community took its name from a nearby gristmill of the same name which in turn was named after the Moscow Kremlin in Russia. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kremlin Mill, Missouri
  2. ↑ Naylor, MO, Fifteen Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1940
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  4. ↑ "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)