Calm, Missouri

Calm is an unincorporated community in southeastern Oregon County, in the Ozarks of southern Missouri.^[1] The community is located at the junction of Missouri Route 142 and Missouri Route UU one mile east of the Eleven Point River and two miles west of the Oregon - Ripley county line.^[2]

History

A post office called Calm was established in 1898, and remained in operation until 1907.^[3] According to tradition, the community was so named on account of the low noise level in the neighborhood.^[4]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Calm, Missouri
↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 65, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
↑ "Oregon County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.

Municipalities and communities of Oregon County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Alton
Cities	Alton Koshkonong Thayer
Townships	Big Apple Billmore Black Pond Cedar Bluff Couch Falling Spring Goebel Highland Jeff Jobe Johnson King Moore Myrtle Ozark Piney Thayer Woodside
CDP	Thomasville
Other unincorporated communities	Bardley Billmore Braswell Brawley Calm Clifton Corona Couch Deckard-Y Farewell Garfield Greer Griswold Guiteau Hollis Huddleston Jeff Jobe Lulu Many Springs Midway Myrtle Rover Royal Oak Wilderness Woodside
Ghost towns	Coin New Liberty Riverton Turners Mill

Coordinates: 36°33′06″N 91°09′42″W / 36.55167°N 91.16167°W / 36.55167; -91.16167

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.