Safe, Missouri

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Safe is an unincorporated community in southeastern Maries County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The community is located on Missouri Route H on a hill just west of and above the Bourbeuse River. [2] The community is approximately six miles north-northeast of St. James. [3]

Maries County, Missouri county in Missouri, USA

Maries County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,176. Its county seat is Vienna. The county was organized March 2, 1855 and named for the Maries River and Little Maries River. 'Maries' is derived from the French marais, which means marsh, lake or pond.

U.S. state constituent political entity sharing sovereignty as the United States of America

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Missouri State of the United States of America

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History

A post office called Safe was established in 1886, and remained in operation until 1958. [4] According to one tradition, the community was named for the generosity of the proprietor of a local gristmill who allowed safekeeping of customer's grain. [5] Another tradition maintains the name is an acronym of the surnames of four first settlers, namely Shinkle, Aufderheide, Fann, and Essman. [6]

Gristmill mill; grinds grain into flour

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Safe, Missouri
  2. Safe, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1962 (1980 rev.)
  3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2007, Third edition, p. 47, ISBN   0-89933-353-2
  4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  5. "Maries County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  6. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 113.

Coordinates: 38°05′18″N91°39′08″W / 38.08833°N 91.65222°W / 38.08833; -91.65222

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