Taft, Missouri

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Taft, Missouri
Unincorporated community
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Taft
Coordinates: 36°38′06″N90°32′16″W / 36.63500°N 90.53778°W / 36.63500; -90.53778
Country United States
State Missouri
County Butler
Elevation
312 ft (95 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 573
GNIS feature ID741311 [1]

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

History

A post office called Taft was established in 1904 and remained in operation until 1927. [2] The community was named after William Howard Taft. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Taft, Missouri
  2. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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