Junland, Missouri
Junland is an unincorporated community in Butler County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]
The community is at the junction of Missouri routes B (old Route 60) and Z five miles east of Poplar Bluff. It was a station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad.[2]
The shortening and alteration of "jungleland", which apparently was descriptive of the condition of the original town site.[3]
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Junland, Missouri
- Poplar Bluff, MO, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1935 (1950 rev.)
- "Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
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