Plad, Missouri

"Plad" redirects here. Not to be confused with Plaid.

Plad is an unincorporated community in northeast Dallas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is on Missouri Route 64 five miles east of Pumpkin Center and nine miles northeast of Buffalo. The headwaters of Jakes Creek arise just to the northwest of the community.[2]

History

A post office called Glad was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1960.[3] The community's name was supposed to signify that the townspeople were "Glad" they had finally secured a post office (a postal error accounts for the error in spelling, which was never corrected).[4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Plad, Missouri
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, First ed., 1998, pp. 44 and 52 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  4. ^ "Dallas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on September 15, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

37°44′55″N 92°58′32″W / 37.74861°N 92.97556°W / 37.74861; -92.97556


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