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)