Venable, Missouri

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Venable is an unincorporated community in northwest Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

The community is on a ridge at the east end of Missouri Route AA and Ellis Prairie is approximately 2.5 miles west on Route AA. The old Venable School was about three-quarters of a mile to the north-northeast. It is about six miles north-northwest of Houston. The Big Piney River is about two miles to the east. [2] [3]

History

A post office called Venable was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1920. [4] The community has the name of P. S. Venable, an early citizen. [5]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Venable, Missouri
  2. ↑ Presscott, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1951 (1981 rev.)
  3. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.

37°24′22″N91°59′40″W / 37.40611°N 91.99444°W / 37.40611; -91.99444


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