Cull, Missouri

Cull is an unincorporated community in eastern Howell County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.{{GNIS|740786}} The community is located on a county road south of U.S. Route 160 and is approximately nine miles east of West Plains, near the eastern border of the county. The community of Rover in Oregon County lies about two miles to the east.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 65, {{ISBN|0-89933-224-2}}

History

A post office called Cull was established in 1899, and remained in operation until 1936.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Howell |title=Post Offices |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=10 October 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410073413/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Howell |archivedate=10 April 2015 }} The community is named after David W. Cull, who was credited with securing the town a post office.{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_howell.html |title=Howell County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=10 October 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071834/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_howell.html |archivedate=24 June 2016 }}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Howell County, Missouri

Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri