Chapel Hill, Missouri

Chapel Hill is an unincorporated community in Lafayette County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

History

A post office called Chapel Hill was established in 1850, and remained in operation until 1914.[2] The community took its name from the local Chapel Hill College; the school was destroyed during the Civil War in the 1860s.[3]

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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chapel Hill, Missouri
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  3. "Lafayette County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)



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