Stringtown is an unincorporated community in Butler County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]
The community is on Missouri Route M one mile east of Beaverdam Creek.[2]
According to tradition, Stringtown was named for the "string" or line of customers to a local bootleg liquor outlet.[3]
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stringtown, Butler County, Missouri
- ↑ Stringtown, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1980
- ↑ "Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
36°45′10″N 90°34′58″W / 36.75278°N 90.58278°W
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