Evening Shade, Missouri
Evening Shade is an unincorporated community in northwest Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]
The community is located on Missouri Route AW, approximately four miles north of Roby. The community of Old Evening Shade is about two miles to the northwest.[2]
History
A post office called Eveningshade was established in 1900, and remained in operation until 1957.[3] The community was descriptively named.[4]
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Evening Shade, 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.
- "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
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