Yukon, Missouri
Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.
Yukon (/juːˈkɒn/) is an unincorporated community in eastern Texas County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located at the junction of Route 17 and Route 137, approximately nine miles east of Houston.[2]
A post office called Yukon was established in 1899, and remained in operation until 1998.[3] The community was named after the contemporaneous gold rush in Yukon, Canada.[4]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yukon, Missouri
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
- ^ Ramsay, Robert L. (1952). Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names. University of Missouri Press. p. 26. ISBN 9780826205865.
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Municipalities and communities of Texas County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Houston
- Cabool
- Houston
- Licking
- Mountain Grove‡
- Summersville‡
- Plato
- Raymondville
communities
- Alice
- Arroll
- Ashley Creek
- Bado
- Bendavis
- Big Creek
- Bucyrus
- Clara
- Clear Springs
- Dent
- Dunn
- Dykes
- Elk Creek
- Ellis Prairie
- Ellsworth
- Eunice
- Evening Shade
- Fowler
- Guild
- Hartshorn
- Huggins
- Kimble
- Kinderpost
- Ladd
- Lundy
- Mahan
- Maples
- Mitchells Corner
- Nile
- Oscar
- Pleasant Ridge
- Prescott
- Roby
- Samoa
- Sargent
- Sherrill
- Simmons
- Solo
- Stultz
- Success
- Tyrone
- Upton
- Vada
- Varvol
- Venable
- Yukon
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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37°16′23″N 91°50′54″W / 37.27306°N 91.84833°W / 37.27306; -91.84833
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