Bracken, Missouri

Bracken is an unincorporated community in Webster County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.^[1]

Bracken is located on Missouri Route DD about six miles east of Marshfield. The headwaters of Bracken Creek are to the northeast of the community.^[2]

History

A post office called Bracken was established in 1877, and remained in operation until 1906.^[3] The community takes its name from nearby Bracken Creek.^[4]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bracken, Missouri
↑ High Prairie Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982
↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
↑ "Webster County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2017.

Municipalities and communities of Webster County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Marshfield
Cities	Fordland Marshfield Niangua Rogersville‡ Seymour
Village	Diggins
Townships	Benton Dallas Diggins East Ozark Finley Grant Green Hill Hazelwood High Prairie Jackson Marshfield Niangua Ozark Union Washington West Ozark
Unincorporated communities	All Beach Bracken Caddo Conklin Crown Duncan‡ Elkland Forkners Hill Henderson Hiatt High Prairie Mountain Dale Northview Olga Panther Valley Rader Red Top Sampson Sarvis Point Susanna Waldo Zenar
Ghost towns	Compton Finley Falls Holman
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 37°20′26″N 92°47′11″W / 37.34056°N 92.78639°W / 37.34056; -92.78639

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