Nile, Missouri

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Nile is an unincorporated community in eastern Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The community is situated on the floodplain of Big Creek, approximately one mile west of the Texas-Shannon county line. [2] The old Nile Schoolhouse was about one mile east (upstream) and on the opposite side of the river across a stream ford. [3]

History

A post office called Nile was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1914. [4] The community once contained Nile Schoolhouse. [5] The riverside community's name most likely is an allusion to the Nile, in Egypt. [6]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nile
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 55, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ Hartshorn, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1951 (1985 rev.)
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nile School
  6. ↑ "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.

37°21′36″N91°39′58″W / 37.36000°N 91.66611°W / 37.36000; -91.66611

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