Jobe, Missouri

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

History

A variant name was "Job".^[1] A post office called Jobe was established in 1848, and closed in 1888. The post reopened as Job in 1892, and closed in 1906.^[2] The community has the name of Jacob Job, an early settler.^[3]

References

1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jobe
↑ "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°35′01″N 91°15′05″W / 36.58361°N 91.25139°W / 36.58361; -91.25139

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