Owasco, Missouri

Owasco is an unincorporated community in Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

The community is on Missouri Route V approximately 8.5 miles southeast of Milan. The community of Mystic on Missouri Route 129 is about 2.5 miles to the northeast. The community is on a ridge between East and West Yellow Creeks.[2]

History

A post office called Owasco was established in 1858, and remained in operation until 1919.[3] Owasco is an Indian name for "bridge".[4] Besides the post office, Owasco had a country store.[5]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Owasco, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 22 ISBN 0899332242
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  4. Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 367.
  5. "Sullivan County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.

40°08′17″N 92°58′41″W


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