Stet, Missouri

Stet is an unincorporated community on the Ray/Carroll County line and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.[1] It is located approximately fourteen miles northwest of Carrollton at the intersection of Missouri Supplemental Routes K and JJ.[2]

History

A post office called Stet was established in 1890, and remained in operation until 1973.[3] That same year, the rural route was consolidated with Norborne but the building stayed open as a contract office until 2011. The origin of the name "Stet" is obscure.[4] The meaning of Stet in Latin is "let it stand."

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stet, Missouri
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 28 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  4. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. pp. 141–143.

39°25′23″N 93°45′32″W / 39.42306°N 93.75889°W / 39.42306; -93.75889


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