Anaconda, Missouri

Anaconda is an unincorporated community in southern Franklin County, Missouri, United States.[1] The community is southeast of Interstate 44, between St. Clair and Stanton.[2]

History

Older variant names of the community were Dry Branch and Morrellton.[1] The former variant name is after Dry Branch creek, while the latter variant name honored one Mr. Morrell, a railroad official.[3] The present name may be a transfer from Anaconda, Montana.[3] A post office was established as Dry Branch in 1858.[4] From 1892 until 1893, the post office was called Anaconda.[5] The post office was renamed Morrellton in 1893, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1953.[6]

Anaconda was a station on the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway.[7]

In 1925, Anaconda had 110 inhabitants.[8]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Anaconda
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 48 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "Franklin County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. "Franklin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
  5. "Franklin County, pp. 2". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
  6. "Franklin County, pp. 3". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
  7. The Southwestern Reporter. West Publishing Company. 1920. p. 806.
  8. Rand McNally and Company (1925). Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States, Territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. p. 259. Retrieved February 19, 2023.

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