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Paw Paw, Missouri

Paw Paw, Missouri

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Paw Paw is a community in south central Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Missouri, which the GNIS classifies as a populated place.[1]

The community is located approximately one third mile north of Paw Paw Creek, approximately 7.5 miles (12.1 km) south-southeast of Milan and six miles (9.7 km) northeast of Browning.[2]

The name was sometimes spelled "Pawpaw".[1] A post office called Pawpaw was established in 1899 and remained in operation until 1905.[3] The community most likely was so named because of the paw paw thickets near the original town site.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Paw Paw
  2. [2]
    Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 22, ISBN 0899332242
  3. [3]
    "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Sullivan County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.

40°05′28″N 93°05′16″W


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