Lutie, Missouri

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Lutie is an unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri, United States. [1] It is located at the southern terminus of Route 95 on U.S. Route 160, approximately three miles west of Theodosia.

A post office called Lutie was established in 1893, and remained in operation until 1960. [2] The community most likely was named after a woman named Lutie who was related to a certain early settler. [3]

Notable person

Lloyd Brown, one of the longest-lived World War I veterans, was born at Lutie in 1901. [4]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lutie
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  3. "Ozark County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  4. Rubin, Richard (2013). The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 146. ISBN   0-547-55443-5.

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