Parks, Missouri

Parks is an extinct town in Butler County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.^[1]

A post office called Park was established in 1911, and closed in 1915.^[2] The community was named after John and Barnes Park, businessmen in the local lumber industry.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Parks, Missouri
↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
↑ "Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved 6 September 2016.

Municipalities and communities of Butler County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Poplar Bluff
Cities	Fisk Neelyville Poplar Bluff Qulin
Townships	Ash Hill Beaver Dam Black River Cane Creek Coon Island Epps Gillis Bluff Neely Poplar Bluff St. Francois
CDP	Fairdealing‡ Harviell
Other unincorporated communities	Ash Hill Batesville Broseley Carola Empire Fagus Halloran Hendrickson Hilliard Hubbells Junland Keeners Kinzer Kremlin Mill Milltown Oglesville Rombauer Rossville Stringtown Taft Vastus Wilby
Ghost town	Parks
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 36°36′50″N 90°33′55″W / 36.61389°N 90.56528°W / 36.61389; -90.56528

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