Olathia, Missouri

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Olathia is a community in north-central Douglas County, Missouri United States. [1] It is located approximately six miles southeast of Mansfield along Missouri Route U and is nine miles northeast of Ava. It is on a ridge between Puncheon Camp Creek one-half mile to the northeast and Bryant Creek one and a quarter mile to the southwest. [2]

The community has also been referred to as Olathe and was presumably named for Olathe, Kansas. The community had a post office between 1895 and 1910. [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Olathia, Missouri
  2. Mansfield, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1951 (1985 rev.)
  3. "Douglas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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