Aid, Missouri

Aid is an unincorporated community in Stoddard County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is on Missouri Route F six miles west of Bloomfield.[2]

History

A post office called Aid was established in 1904, and remained in operation until 1949.[3] The original owner of the town site gave the community the first name of his son, Aid Cooper.[4]

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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Aid, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, P.67, ISBN 0899332242
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  4. "Stoddard County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2016.



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