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Briscoe, Missouri

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Briscoe is a small unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Missouri, United States. [1]

The community sits on the east bank of the North Fork of the Cuivre River at the end of Missouri Route K two miles west of US Route 61. The community of Davis is 1.5 miles south along the river and Silex is 3.5 miles to the northwest. [2]

History

Briscoe was platted in 1883. [3] The community was named after Samuel Briscoe, the original owner of the town site. [4] A post office called Briscoe was established in 1882, and remained in operation until 1959. [5]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Briscoe, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 33, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Lincoln County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 186.
  5. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 26, 2016.

39°04′55″N91°00′44″W / 39.08194°N 91.01222°W / 39.08194; -91.01222


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