Evening Shade, Missouri

Evening Shade is an unincorporated community in northwest Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

The community is located on Missouri Route AW, approximately four miles north of Roby. The community of Old Evening Shade is about two miles to the northwest.[2]

History

A post office called Eveningshade was established in 1900, and remained in operation until 1957.[3] The community was descriptively named.[4]

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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Evening Shade, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  4. "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.



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