Briscoe, Missouri

Briscoe is a small unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Missouri, United States.[1]

The community sits on the east bank of the North Fork of the Cuivre River at the end of Missouri Route K two miles west of US Route 61. The community of Davis is 1.5 miles south along the river and Silex is 3.5 miles to the northwest.[2]

History

Briscoe was platted in 1883.[3] The community was named after Samuel Briscoe, the original owner of the town site.[4] A post office called Briscoe was established in 1882, and remained in operation until 1959.[5]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Briscoe, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 33, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "Lincoln County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 186.
  5. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 26, 2016.

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