Lenox, Missouri

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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)