Lecoma, Missouri

Last updated

Lecoma
Unincorporated community
USA Missouri location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Lecoma
Coordinates: 37°46′34″N91°43′52″W / 37.77611°N 91.73111°W / 37.77611; -91.73111
CountryUnited States
State Missouri
County Dent County
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)

Lecoma is an unincorporated community in northwestern Dent County, Missouri, United States. [1] It is located approximately twelve miles south of Rolla.

A post office called Lecoma was established in 1883, and remained in operation until 1990. [2] The community's name is an amalgamation of the surnames of local merchants Lenox, Comstock, and Martin. [3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lecoma, Missouri
  2. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Dent County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.