Clara, Missouri

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

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Clara is an unincorporated community in central Texas County, Missouri, United States.{{GNIS|715865}} The community is located on a hilltop, approximately one-half mile northwest of the Big Piney River. It is about three miles southwest of Houston on Missouri Route Z.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, {{ISBN|0-89933-224-2}}

A post office called Clara was established in 1901, and remained in operation until 1975.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Texas | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=28 December 2016}} An early postmaster gave the community the name of his wife, Clara Lynch.{{cite web | url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_texas.html | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071622/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_texas.html | archivedate=June 24, 2016 | url-status=live | title=Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | accessdate=December 28, 2016 }}