Bachelor,_Missouri

Bachelor, Missouri

Bachelor, Missouri

Unincorporated community in the American state of Missouri

Bachelor is an unincorporated community in northern Callaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is on Missouri Route A, approximately six miles east-southeast of Auxvasse. The headwaters of Bachelor Creek are to the northwest of the community.[2]

History

A post office called Bachelor was established in 1875, and remained in operation until 1959.[3] The community was named after Bachelor Creek.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bachelor, Missouri
  2. [2]
    Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2007, Third edition, p. 38, ISBN 0-89933-353-2
  3. [3]
    "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Callaway County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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