Lone Elm, Cooper County, Missouri

Lone Elm is an unincorporated community in Cooper County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is located at the intersection of Missouri routes KK and B approximately eleven miles south of Boonville.[2]

History

A post office called Lone Elm was established in 1868, and remained in operation until 1906.[3] The community was named for a large individual elm tree near the original town site.[4]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lone Elm, Cooper County, Missouri
  2. Lone Elm, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1952 (1986 rev.)
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  4. "Cooper County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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