Prior,_Missouri

Prior, Missouri

Prior, Missouri

Unincorporated community in the American state of Missouri

Prior is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Missouri, United States.[1] The community is located on Missouri Route 95, just north of the intersection with Missouri Route 76 and 2.5 miles north of Vanzant.[2][3] The community sits on a ridge between Fox Creek to the west and Clifty Creek to the east, at an elevation of 1,243 ft (379 m).[3][1]

History

A post office called Prior was established in 1894, and remained in operation until 1939.[4] The community was named after an early settler.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Prior, Missouri
  2. [2]
    Mountain Grove South 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1951
  3. [3]
    Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 63, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  4. [4]
    "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Douglas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

37°00′08″N 92°18′06″W


Stub icon

This Douglas County, Missouri state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Prior,_Missouri, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.