Craddock, Missouri

Craddock is an unincorporated community in southern Phelps County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is one mile east of U.S. Route 63. Licking is approximately nine miles to the south in Texas County and Edgar Springs is about nine miles to the north.[2]

History

A post office called Craddock was established in 1893, and remained in operation until 1954.[3] Dan Craddock, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name.[4]

gollark: Cool, I need gold for rail network expansion.
gollark: Same reason the melon vending machines don't work.
gollark: That was broken by claimflag permission changes or something.
gollark: Yet again, people insist on trying to run the rail system OUT OF SPEC.
gollark: But I worry that that sort of thing could sometimes lead to infinite loops.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Craddock, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  4. "Phelps County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.



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