Bachelor, Missouri

Bachelor is an unincorporated community in northern Callaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is on Missouri Route A, approximately six miles east-southeast of Auxvasse. The headwaters of Bachelor Creek are to the northwest of the community.[2]

History

A post office called Bachelor was established in 1875, and remained in operation until 1959.[3] The community was named after Bachelor Creek.[4]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bachelor, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2007, Third edition, p. 38, ISBN 0-89933-353-2
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  4. "Callaway County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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