Enterprise, Linn County, Missouri

Enterprise is an unincorporated community in northern Linn County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.{{GNIS|740835|name=Enterprise}}

The community is on a county road approximately one mile south of the Linn-Sullivan county line and four miles east of Browning. Upper tributaries of Long Branch flow past the community.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 22, {{isbn|0899332242}}

History

Enterprise was originally called Northcutt, and under the latter name was platted in the late 1850s, and named after B. F. Northcutt, the original owner of the town site.{{cite web | url =http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_linn.html | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070628/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_linn.html | archivedate = June 24, 2016 | url-status = live | title=Linn County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate= October 29, 2016}} Another variant name was "Rodney". A post office called Northcutt was established in 1858, the name was later changed to Rodney, and the post office closed in 1902.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Linn | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=29 October 2016}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Linn County, Missouri

Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri