Fordham, Missouri

Fordham is an unincorporated community in southeast DeKalb County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.{{GNIS|729490}}

The community is located above the west bank of Grindstone Creek approximately six miles southeast of Maysville and six miles northwest of Cameron in the northeast corner of adjacent Clinton County.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 20, {{isbn|0899332242}}

History

A post office called Fordham was established in 1906, and remained in operation until 1909.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO |title=Post Offices |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=27 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 was named after one Mr. Ford, who headed a church in the Illinois city where an early settler once had lived.{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_dekalb.html |title=DeKalb County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=27 September 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070351/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_dekalb.html |archivedate=24 June 2016 }}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in DeKalb County, Missouri

Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri