Pulltight, Missouri

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Pulltight is an unincorporated community in Mississippi County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

Pulltight originally developed around the site of a mill. [2] According to tradition, the community was so named because the roads were often impassible, requiring locals to "pull tight" their wagons. [3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pulltight, Missouri
  2. ↑ Earngey, Bill (1995). Missouri Roadsides: The Traveler's Companion. University of Missouri Press. p. 3. ISBN   978-0-8262-1021-0.
  3. ↑ "Mississippi County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.

36°46′57″N89°19′09″W / 36.78250°N 89.31917°W / 36.78250; -89.31917

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