Wesco is an unincorporated community in southwest Crawford County, Missouri, United States. [1] It is located on the Meramec River, approximately eight miles southwest of Steelville. [2]
Wesco was first named Wilson's Mills, after James Wilson, the proprietor of a local mill. [3] A post office called Wilsons Mills was established in 1877, and the name was changed to Wesco in 1907. [4] The present name is a contraction of the Western Electric Supply Company, a telephone utility. [3]
