Redford, Missouri

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Redford is an unincorporated community in Reynolds County, Missouri, United States. [1] It is located on Misssour Route O approximately eight miles south-southeast of Centerville. Ellington is six miles to the southwest. Sinkin Creek flows past the southwest side of the community. [2]

A post office called Redford has been in operation since 1890. [3] The community has the name of B. Redford, the original owner of the site. [4]

Redford was in the path of the 1925 Tri-State Tornado. [5]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Redford, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 56, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Reynolds County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  5. ↑ "1925 Tornado". National Weather Service. Retrieved December 13, 2016.

37°19′12″N90°53′54″W / 37.32000°N 90.89833°W / 37.32000; -90.89833


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