Day, Missouri

Day is an unincorporated community in Taney County, in the Ozarks of southern Missouri.[1] Day is located in the northwest part of the county, just south of the Taney-Christian county line on Missouri Route 176 and approximately one mile west of U.S. Route 65.[2]

History

A post office called Day was established in 1889, and remained in operation until 1957.[3] Captain Madison Day, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name.[4]

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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Day, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 62, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  4. "Taney County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.



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