Woodlandville, Missouri

Woodlandville is an unincorporated community in Boone County, Missouri, in the United States.[1]

History

A post office called Woodlandville was established in 1872, and remained in operation until 1932.[2] Woodlandville was so named because the land was covered with wood, and in contradistinction to prairie.[3]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Woodlandville, Missouri
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  3. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 213.

Coordinates: 39°03′44″N 92°29′02″W / 39.06222°N 92.48389°W / 39.06222; -92.48389


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