Bay, Missouri

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

History

A post office called Bay was established in 1860, and remained in operation until 1963.[2] It is not known to the State Historical Society of Missouri why the name "Bay" was applied to this community.[3]

gollark: I doubt it.
gollark: We had Cambridge Analytica and a gazillion random other things, and yet people probably just go "hmm, this sounds slightly bad, but abstract and not really relevant to me, and besides all my friends are here" and completely ignore it!
gollark: It'll probably take a giant scandal ("Facebook is stealing your credit card information and using it to buy random people illegal drugs!") to make people consider moving, and you know what? They probably won't!
gollark: Though they're still reachable by SMS, I can't participate in their group chats or whatever, and I probably can't convince them to use Signal.
gollark: I already have a bit of trouble communicating with some friends because they're on WhatsApp.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bay, Missouri
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  3. "Gasconade County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)



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