Folk, Missouri

Folk
unincorporated community
Folk is located in Missouri
Folk
Folk
Coordinates: 38°25′18.83″N 92°5′49.4″W / 38.4218972°N 92.097056°W / 38.4218972; -92.097056
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyOsage

Folk is an unincorporated community in northwestern Osage County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located approximately ten miles southeast of Jefferson City.

It is on county road 505 one-quarter mile west of Route 133 and approximately five miles west of Westphalia. The Osage River flows past one mile west of the site.[2]

A post office called Folk was established in 1905, and remained in operation until 1964.[3] The community was named for former governor Joseph W. Folk.[4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Folk
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p.38, ISBN 0899332242
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on November 27, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
  4. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 337.

38°25′17″N 92°05′53″W / 38.42139°N 92.09806°W / 38.42139; -92.09806


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