Vulcan, Missouri

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Vulcan, Missouri
Unincorporated community
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Vulcan
Coordinates: 37°18′34″N90°39′45″W / 37.30944°N 90.66250°W / 37.30944; -90.66250
Country United States
State Missouri
County Iron
Elevation
554 ft (169 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
63675
GNIS feature ID728225 [1]

Vulcan is an unincorporated community in southern Iron County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Missouri Route 49 between Des Arc two miles to the south and Annapolis 3.5 miles to the north. Ironton is approximately twenty miles north. The community is in the Big Creek valley. [2]

A post office called Vulcan has been in operation since 1895. [3] The community took its name from Vulcan Iron Works. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Vulcan, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p.56 ISBN   0899332242
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Iron County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2016.


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