Tulip, Missouri
Unincorporated community in Missouri, United States
Tulip is an unincorporated community in northwest Audrain and southwest Monroe counties, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is on Monroe county road 92. Long Branch flows past approximately one mile west and north of the site. Moberly is approximately 15 miles to the north-northwest in Randolph County and Centralia is eight miles south in northeast Boone County, Missouri.[2]
History
A post office was established at Tulip in 1879, and remained in operation until 1907.[3] The community was so named by a settler who was fond of tulips.[4]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tulip, Missouri
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 31, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
- ^ "Monroe County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
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Municipalities and communities of Audrain County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Mexico
- Centralia‡
- Farber
- Laddonia
- Martinsburg
- Mexico
- Vandalia‡
- Benton City
- Rush Hill
- Vandiver
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‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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39°20′34″N 92°09′26″W / 39.34278°N 92.15722°W / 39.34278; -92.15722
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