Samos, Missouri

Samos is an unincorporated community in Mississippi County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community was at the intersection of County roads 326 and 321 approximately 4.5 miles southeast of Charleston and 3.5 miles southwest of Wyatt.[2] It was on the St. Louis Southwestern Railroad line.[3]

History

A post office called Samos was established in 1884, and remained in operation until 1938.[4] The name is a transfer from the island of Samos, in Greece.[5]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Samos, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p.69 ISBN 0899332242
  3. Charleston, MO-IL, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1954
  4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  5. "Mississippi County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.

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