Leann, Missouri

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Leann is an unincorporated community in northeast Barry County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is on Missouri Route 39 approximately two miles north of Jenkins. Jenkins Creek flow past the east side of the site. Cassville is twelve miles to the southwest. [1]

History

A variant name was Marmaduke. [2] A post office called Marmaduke was established in 1886, the name was changed to Leann in 1890, and the post office closed in 1935. [3] The present name is after Leann Thomas, the wife of an early postmaster. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, First edition, 1998, p.61, ISBN   0899332242
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Leann, Missouri
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Barry County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

36°48′46″N93°41′25″W / 36.81278°N 93.69028°W / 36.81278; -93.69028


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