Samos, Missouri

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Samos is an unincorporated community in Mississippi County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The community was at the intersection of County roads 326 and 321 approximately 4.5 miles southeast of Charleston and 3.5 miles southwest of Wyatt. [2] It was on the St. Louis Southwestern Railway line. [3]

History

A post office called Samos was established in 1884, and remained in operation until 1938. [4] The name is a transfer from the island of Samos, in Greece. [5]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Samos, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p.69 ISBN   0899332242
  3. ↑ Charleston, MO-IL, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1954
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  5. ↑ "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°52′05″N89°16′35″W / 36.86806°N 89.27639°W / 36.86806; -89.27639

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