Calm, Missouri

Calm is an unincorporated community in southeastern Oregon County, in the Ozarks of southern Missouri.[1] The community is located at the junction of Missouri routes 142 and UU, one mile east of the Eleven Point River and two miles west of the Oregon - Ripley county line.[2]

History

A post office called Calm was established in 1898, and remained in operation until 1907.[3] According to tradition, the community was so named on account of the low noise level in the neighborhood.[4]

gollark: 8¢!
gollark: I bid 2¢.
gollark: Well, a few have left...
gollark: This nonsense AGAIN? No.
gollark: The memes here have a Meme Quality Index of -7.3, which is of course very not good.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Calm, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 65, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  4. "Oregon County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.



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