Lone Elm, Cooper County, Missouri

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Lone Elm is an unincorporated community in Cooper County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The community is located at the intersection of Missouri routes KK and B approximately eleven miles south of Boonville. [2]

History

A post office called Lone Elm was established in 1868, and remained in operation until 1906. [3] The community was named for a large individual elm tree near the original town site. [4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lone Elm, Cooper County, Missouri
  2. ↑ Lone Elm, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1952 (1986 rev.)
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Cooper County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

38°49′30″N92°44′13″W / 38.82500°N 92.73694°W / 38.82500; -92.73694

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