Guiteau, Missouri

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

The community had its start as a country store named after presidential assassin Charles J. Guiteau, which was intended to rival nearby Garfield, Missouri.^[2] Besides the store, the community had a church,^[3] and a schoolhouse.^[4]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Guiteau, Missouri
↑ "Oregon County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Guiteau Church
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Guiteau School (historical)

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°32′49″N 91°18′47″W / 36.54694°N 91.31306°W / 36.54694; -91.31306

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