Rucker, Missouri

Rucker is an unincorporated community in the northwest corner of Boone County, Missouri, United States.[1] The community is located at the intersection of Missouri routes T and F about 6.5 miles north of Harrisburg. The site lies between Perche Creek and Sugar Creek.[2]

Rucker in April 2019

History

A post office called Rucker was established in 1889, and remained in operation until 1908.[3] The community was named for Maj. John F. Rucker.[4][5]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rucker, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 30, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
  4. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 213.
  5. "Boone County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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