Stringtown, Butler County, Missouri

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

The community is on Missouri Route M one mile east of Beaverdam Creek. [2]

According to tradition, Stringtown was named for the "string" or line of customers to a local bootleg liquor outlet. [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stringtown, Butler County, Missouri
  2. Stringtown, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1980
  3. "Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

Coordinates: 36°45′10″N90°34′58″W / 36.75278°N 90.58278°W / 36.75278; -90.58278