Paw Paw, Missouri

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Paw Paw is a community in south central Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Missouri, which the GNIS classifies as a populated place. [1]

The community is located approximately one third mile north of Paw Paw Creek, approximately 7.5 miles (12.1 km) south-southeast of Milan and six miles (9.7 km) northeast of Browning. [2]

The name was sometimes spelled "Pawpaw". [1] A post office called Pawpaw was established in 1899 and remained in operation until 1905. [3] The community most likely was so named because of the paw paw thickets near the original town site. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Paw Paw
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 22, ISBN   0899332242
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  4. "Sullivan County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.

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