Longwood, Missouri

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Longwood, Missouri
Unincorporated community
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Longwood, Missouri
Coordinates: 38°53′57″N93°10′12″W / 38.8991855°N 93.1699257°W / 38.8991855; -93.1699257
Country United States
State Missouri
County Pettis
Elevation
[1]
801 ft (244 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 660
GNIS feature ID729770 [1]

Longwood (also Hermantown or Oak Grove) is an unincorporated community in northeast Pettis County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Missouri Route BB approximately two miles east of US Route 65 and thirteen miles north of Sedalia. [2]

A post office called Longwood was established in 1837, and remained in operation until 1957. [3] The community was named after Longwood, Saint Helena, the location of Napoleon's second exile from 1815 until his death in 1821. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Longwood, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p.36 ISBN   0899332242
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Pettis County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.


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