Laquey, Missouri


Laquey (pronounced "Lake-way") is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Missouri, United States.[1]

Zip Code: 65534

Area Code: 573

The community is on Missouri Route P approximately one mile south of I-44. It is about seven miles southwest of Waynesville and five miles west of the northwest corner of Fort Leonard Wood. The Laquey school is approximately one half mile southwest along Missouri Route A.[2][3]

A post office called Laquey has been in operation since 1899.[4] The community has the name of the local LaQuey family.[5]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Laquey, Missouri
  2. Ozark Springs, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1954 (1985 rev.)
  3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 45-6, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  5. "Pulaski County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on December 10, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.