Prohibition City, Missouri

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Prohibition City is an unincorporated community in Worth County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] In 1943 the Smithton School was adjacent to Missouri Route YY (at the time U. S. Route 169) approximately 1.5 miles northeast of Worth. [2]

History

An early variant name was "Smithton". [1] A settlement called Smithton served as county seat, but the town's population dwindled after the seat was removed to Grant City. [3] A post office called Smithton was established in 1861, and closed in 1870; the post office reopened as Prohibition City in 1877, and was discontinued in 1881. [4] A first settler's advocacy of prohibition politics caused the most recent name to be selected. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Prohibition City
  2. ↑ Grant City, MO, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1943
  3. 1 2 "Worth County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 3, 2017.

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