Yucatan, Missouri

Yucatan, Missouri
Unincorporated community
Yucatan, Missouri is located in Missouri
Yucatan, Missouri
Yucatan, Missouri
Coordinates: 38°51′16″N 91°45′02″W / 38.85444°N 91.75056°W / 38.85444; -91.75056
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyCallaway
Elevation
[1]
817 ft (249 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code573
GNIS feature ID741377[1]

Yucatan is an unincorporated community in eastern Callaway County, Missouri, United States.[1] The community is on Missouri Route D about four miles south of I-70. Lake Lochaweeno is about two miles to the southwest.[2]

A post office called Yucatan was established in 1892, and remained in operation until 1908.[3] The community was named after the nearby Yucatan Baptist Church.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "Yucatan, Missouri". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 38, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  4. ^ "Callaway County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2016.


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