Half Rock, Missouri

Half Rock is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

History

A post office called Half Rock was established in 1867, and remained in operation until 1900.[2] According to tradition, the community was derisively so named on account of the quality of the coffee at a nearby store (i.e. the coffee was "half rock".)[3]

gollark: Well, perhaps you should.
gollark: YAY FAST TYPING
gollark: QUITE A LOT
gollark: It also seems to be impossible to actually retune it, so it can't access any BBC channels without the GTech™ TVSmart™ device (spare raspberry pi and a keyboard/mouse) plugged in.
gollark: We have a Samsung TV. It seems to have a screen about 30" in size and is ancient (not CRT-ancient, but quite old).

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Half Rock, Missouri
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  3. "Mercer County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2016.



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