Miami Station, Missouri

Miami Station, Missouri
Unincorporated community
Miami Station
Coordinates: 39°20′41″N 93°15′50″W / 39.34472°N 93.26389°WCoordinates: 39°20′41″N 93°15′50″W / 39.34472°N 93.26389°W
Country United States
State Missouri
County Carroll
Elevation 646 ft (197 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 660
GNIS feature ID 722264[1]

Miami Station is an unincorporated community in Carroll County, Missouri, United States. Miami Station is located along Missouri Supplemental Route V 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northwest of Miami.[2] Miami Station was laid out in 1870 as a station on the St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway; it served as the main freight station for Miami.[3][4] Miami Station once had a post office, which is now defunct.[5] U.S. Senator William A. Blakley was born in Miami Station.[6]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Miami Station, Missouri
  2. Missouri Official Highway Map (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. 2007–2008. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
  3. Campbell, Robert Allen (1875). Campbell's Gazetteer of Missouri. p. 114.
  4. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 271.
  5. Campbell, p. 24
  6. "Blakley, William Arvis". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 11, 2010.