Wall Street, Missouri

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Wall Street, Missouri
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Wall Street
Coordinates: 37°36′45″N92°57′18″W / 37.61250°N 92.95500°W / 37.61250; -92.95500
Country United States
State Missouri
County Dallas
Elevation
1,194 ft (364 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID728274 [1]

Wall Street is an unincorporated community in Dallas County, Missouri, United States. [1] The community is located on Missouri Route 32, east of Buffalo and approximately 2.5 miles west of Long Lane. [2]

The settlement's name was given by local residents as "a mocking or slurring name". [3] A post office was established in 1902, and remained in operation until 1907. [4]

As of 1970, three families resided in Wall Street. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wall Street
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 52, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. "Dallas County Place Names, 1928-1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
  4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  5. Moser, Arthur Paul. "A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Dallas County, Missouri". Springfield-Greene County Library. Retrieved September 14, 2016.