Paw Paw, Missouri

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

The name was sometimes spelled "Pawpaw".^[1] A post office called Pawpaw was established in 1899, and remained in operation until 1905.^[2] The community most likely was so named because of the paw paw thickets near the original town site.^[3]

References

1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Paw Paw
↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
↑ "Sullivan County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.

Municipalities and communities of Sullivan County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Milan
Cities	Browning‡ Green City Greencastle Harris Milan Newtown
Villages	Humphreys Osgood Pollock
Townships	Bowman Buchanan Clay Duncan Jackson Liberty Morris Penn Pleasant Hill Polk Taylor Union
CDP	Winigan
Unincorporated communities	Bairdston Boynton Cora Jacksonville Judson Lindley‡ Owasco Parsons Pennville Reger Sticklerville Wintersville
Ghost town	Paw Paw
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°05′28″N 93°05′16″W / 40.09111°N 93.08778°W / 40.09111; -93.08778

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