Spring Grove, Missouri

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Spring Grove is an unincorporated community in Dallas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The community is situated on Missouri Route H and the Niangua River flows past, about 1.5 miles to the east. Buffalo is approximately six miles to the north-northwest. [2]

History

A post office called Spring Grove was established in 1854, and remained in operation until 1906. [3] A spring within a nearby grove accounts for the name. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Spring Grove, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 52, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Dallas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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