Thuroy, Missouri
Thuroy is an unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri.[1] The village was located on a north flowing tributary to Barren Creek about 0.5 mile from the Missouri-Arkansas border and Missouri State Highway 101. Bakersfield is about four miles to the northeast. Barren Creek flows into Norfork Lake in Arkansas about four miles to the southwest.[2][3]
History
A post office called Thuroy was established in 1927, and remained in operation until 1936.[4] The community derives its name from Thursey Marshal, an early settler (a postal error accounts for the error in spelling, which was never corrected).[5]
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Thuroy, Missouri
- ↑ Bakersfield, Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968 (based on coordinates from GNIS)
- ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 64, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ↑ "Ozark County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
Coordinates: 36°30′18″N 92°12′11″W / 36.50500°N 92.20306°W
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