Yukon, Missouri

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Location of Yukon in Texas County.

Yukon ( /juːˈkɒn/ ) is an unincorporated community in eastern Texas County, Missouri, United States. [1] It is located at the junction of Route 17 and Route 137, approximately nine miles east of Houston. [2]

A post office called Yukon was established in 1899, and remained in operation until 1998. [3] The community was named after the contemporaneous gold rush in Yukon, Canada. [4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yukon, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  4. ↑ Ramsay, Robert L. (1952). Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names. University of Missouri Press. p. 26. ISBN   9780826205865.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

37°16′23″N91°50′54″W / 37.27306°N 91.84833°W / 37.27306; -91.84833


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