Crown, Missouri

Crown is an unincorporated community in Webster County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] Crown is located along Missouri Route KK on the south bank of the James River. Northview is approximately three miles northwest of the site.[2]

History

A post office called Crown was established in 1892, and remained in operation until 1906.[3] The community once had Crown Schoolhouse, now defunct.[4] The school took its name from a nearby country store of the same name.[5]

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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crown
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 52, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crown School
  5. "Webster County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2017.



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