Callaway, Missouri

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in the American state of Missouri}}

Callaway is an unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri.{{GNIS|740031}} The community was located approximately two miles south of Kingdom City and just west of U.S. Route 54. The site was on the Chicago and Alton Railroad and on the north bank of Richland Creek.Fulton, MO, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1928 (1954 rev.)

History

A post office called Callaway was established in 1894, and remained in operation until 1906.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO |title=Post Offices |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=7 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306175959/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO |archivedate=6 March 2016 }} The community takes its name from Callaway County.{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_callaway.html |title=Callaway County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=7 September 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071020/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_callaway.html |archivedate=24 June 2016 }}

References

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Callaway County, Missouri

Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri

Category:Jefferson City metropolitan area