Giboney, Missouri

Giboney was an unincorporated community in Saline Township in Perry County, Missouri, United States.[4]

Giboney, Missouri
Abandoned village
Location of Perry County, Missouri
Location of Perry County, Missouri
Coordinates: 37°48′17″N 89°59′26″W
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyPerry
TownshipSaline
Elevation
512 ft (156 [1] m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
63775
Area code573
FIPS code29-26945 [2]
GNIS feature ID740869 [3]

Giboney was situated just west of Brewer in Saline Township in the northwest part of Perry County, situated along the south Fork Saline Creek and state route NN. It was a station on the Saline Valley Line. The community may have been named for the railroad executive Louis Houck's wife, Mary H. Giboney.[5][6]

The Giboney station on Old Lead Road was located between the Brewer and Minnith stations of the Cape Girardeau Northern Railway, which ran from Ancell (Cape Girardeau & Thebes Bridge Terminal) to Farmington.[7] Louis Houck built the Cape Girardeau & Chester Railroad in 1905, later the Cape Girardeau Northern Railroad, but it floundered due to financial difficulties that led to bankruptcy. Service was limited to stations only in Cape Girardeau by circa 1925.[8]

The village was situated approximately 26.5 miles from the Mississippi River.[9]

References
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  2. "Giboney, MO". lat.long.com. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
  3. "Giboney, MO". eachtown.com. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
  4. "State Historical Society of Missouri: Perry County". Retrieved November 26, 2013.
  5. Arthur Paul Moser (ed.). "A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Perry County, Missouri". Archived from the original on November 3, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
  6. "Giboney, Missour". Landmarkhunter.com. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
  7. "Missouri Railroads: Passenger Stations and Stops" (PDF). p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
  8. Robert Barnes. "Abandoned Railes: The Cape Girardeau Northern Railroad". AbandonedRailroads.com. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
  9. "Cities Distance to Mississippi River". University of Minnesota. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
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