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Charity, Missouri

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Charity is an unincorporated community in southern Dallas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

The community is on Missouri Route M approximately one mile west of the Niangua River. The Charity School buildings lie about one-half mile north on a county road. Elkland is about six miles south on Missouri Route 38 and Buffalo lies about nine miles to the north-northwest. [2]

History

A post office at Charity was established in 1884, and remained in operation until 1956. [3] An early postmaster gave the community the name of his wife, Charity Sherrick. [4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Charity, Missouri
  2. ↑ Charity, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1961 (1977 rev.)
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Dallas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on September 15, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

37°30′55″N93°00′59″W / 37.51528°N 93.01639°W / 37.51528; -93.01639


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