Woodruff, Missouri

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Woodruff is an unincorporated community in Platte County, in the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. [1]

Platte County, Missouri U.S. county in Missouri

Platte County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 89,322. Its county seat is Platte City. The county was organized December 31, 1838, from the Platte Purchase, named for the Platte River. (Platte is derived from the French word for a low, shallow, or intermittent stream. The Kansas City International Airport is located in the county, approximately one mile west of Interstate 29 between mile markers 12 and 15. The land for the airport was originally in an unincorporated portion of Platte County before being annexed by Platte City, and eventually Kansas City.

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Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States. With over six million residents, it is the 18th-most populous state of the Union. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield and Columbia; the capital is Jefferson City. The state is the 21st-most extensive in area. Missouri is bordered by eight states : Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska to the west. In the South are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals and recreation. The Missouri River, after which the state is named, flows through the center of the state into the Mississippi River, which makes up Missouri's eastern border.

History

A post office called Woodruff was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1924. [2] The community has the name of Charles Woodruff, a personal acquaintance of a railroad employee. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Woodruff, Missouri
  2. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Platte County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.

Coordinates: 39°26′38″N94°49′00″W / 39.44389°N 94.81667°W / 39.44389; -94.81667

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