Coin, Missouri

Coin is an extinct town in eastern Oregon County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.^[1] The village site was located in Bat Cave Hollow along the current Missouri Route FF.^[2]

A post office called Coin was established in 1895, and remained in operation until 1909.^[3] The community has the name of Coin Jones, an early settler.^[4]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coin (historical)
↑ 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°41′22″N 91°14′13″W / 36.68944°N 91.23694°W / 36.68944; -91.23694

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