Stringtown, Butler County, Missouri

Stringtown, Butler County, Missouri
Unincorporated community
Stringtown is located in Missouri
Stringtown
Stringtown
Stringtown is located in the United States
Stringtown
Stringtown
Coordinates: 36°45′10″N 90°34′58″W / 36.75278°N 90.58278°W / 36.75278; -90.58278
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyButler
Elevation
486 ft (148 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code573
GNIS feature ID752399[1]

Stringtown is an unincorporated community in Butler County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

The community is on Missouri Route M one mile east of Beaverdam Creek.[2]

According to tradition, Stringtown was named for the "string" or line of customers to a local bootleg liquor outlet.[3]

On April 3, 2014, an F0 tornado struck Stringtown. A mobile home had about half of its roof removed and a few tree limbs were broken.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stringtown, Butler County, Missouri
  2. ^ Stringtown, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1980
  3. ^ "Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Missouri Event Report: EF0 Tornado (Report). National Climatic Data Center. 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2016. {{cite report}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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