Acorn Ridge or Acornridge is an unincorporated community in Stoddard County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is on Missouri Route J, approximately seven miles west of Bloomfield.[2]
History
editA post office called Acorn Ridge was established in 1860, and remained in operation until 1909.[3] The community was named for the acorn oak timber near the original town site.[4] A variant spelling was "Acornridge".[1]
References
edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Acorn Ridge
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 67, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
- ^ "Stoddard County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
36°54′48″N 90°03′29″W / 36.91333°N 90.05806°W
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