McGirk, Missouri

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McGirk is an unincorporated community in eastern Moniteau County, Missouri, United States. [1] It is located approximately five miles east of California on old U.S. Route 50.

A post office called McGirk has been in operation since 1881. [2] The community has the name of the local McGirk family. [3] [4]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: McGirk, Missouri
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  3. Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp.  333.
  4. "Moniteau County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.

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