Anaconda, Missouri

Anaconda is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Missouri, in the United States. Variant names of the community are Dry Branch and Morrellton.[1]

History

A post office was established as Dry Branch in 1858.[2] From 1892 until 1893, the post office was called Anaconda.[3] The post office was renamed Morrellton in 1893, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1953.[4]

Anaconda was a station on the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway.[5]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Anaconda, Missouri
  2. ↑ "Franklin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Franklin County, pp. 2". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Franklin County, pp. 3". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  5. ↑ The Southwestern Reporter. West Publishing Company. 1920. p. 806.

Coordinates: 38°18′06″N 91°02′27″W / 38.30167°N 91.04083°W