Samos, Missouri

Unincorporated community in Missouri, United States

Samos is an unincorporated community in Mississippi County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community was at the intersection of County roads 326 and 321 approximately 4.5 miles southeast of Charleston and 3.5 miles southwest of Wyatt.[2] It was on the St. Louis Southwestern Railway line.[3]

History

A post office called Samos was established in 1884, and remained in operation until 1938.[4] The name is a transfer from the island of Samos, in Greece.[5]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Samos, Missouri
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p.69 ISBN 0899332242
  3. ^ Charleston, MO-IL, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1954
  4. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  5. ^ "Mississippi County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
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36°52′05″N 89°16′35″W / 36.86806°N 89.27639°W / 36.86806; -89.27639


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