Hams_Prairie,_Missouri

Hams Prairie, Missouri

Hams Prairie, Missouri

Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.

Hams Prairie (originally Ham's Prairie) is an unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri, United States.[1] The town is located 5.5 miles south-southeast of Fulton on Missouri Route C. Mokane on the north edge of the Missouri River floodplain is six miles further south along Route C.[2]

Hams Prairie is named for Rev. John Ham, a Methodist minister who arrived in Callaway County in 1815 and cut his name on a tree at the edge of the prairie one year later.[3] A post office called Hams Prairie was established in 1865, and remained in operation until 1907.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hams Prairie, Missouri
  2. [2]
    Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p.38 ISBN 0899332242
  3. [3]
    A Short History of Callaway County by Ovid Bell, p.3, and History of Callaway County, p.113 and p.481, as cited by Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society: Other Communities Archived October 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 14 January 2008.
  4. [4]
    "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2016.

38°46′02″N 91°55′09″W


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