Lenox, Missouri

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Lenox
Unincorporated community
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Lenox
Coordinates: 37°39′11″N91°45′41″W / 37.65306°N 91.76139°W / 37.65306; -91.76139
CountryUnited States
State Missouri
County Dent County
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)

Lenox is an unincorporated community in western Dent County, Missouri, United States. [1] The community is located approximately twelve miles west of Salem at the intersection of routes H and C. Edgar Springs is approximately four miles to the northwest in adjacent Phelps County and the community of Maples is 4.5 miles to the south in Texas County. [2]

A post office called Lenox was established in 1884, and remained in operation until 1998. [3] The community has the name of the local Lenox family, pioneer citizens. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lenox, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Dent County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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