Owasco is an unincorporated community in Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

The community is on Missouri Route V approximately 8.5 miles southeast of Milan. The community of Mystic on Missouri Route 129 is about 2.5 miles to the northeast. The community is on a ridge between East and West Yellow Creeks.[2]

History

A post office called Owasco was established in 1858, and remained in operation until 1919.[3] Owasco is an Indian name for "bridge".[4] Besides the post office, Owasco had a country store.[5]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Owasco, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 22 ISBN 0899332242
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  4. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 367.
  5. ↑ "Sullivan County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.

40°08′17″N 92°58′41″W / 40.13806°N 92.97806°W / 40.13806; -92.97806


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