Garrison, Missouri

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.}}

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Garrison is an unincorporated community in southeast Christian County, Missouri, United States.{{GNIS|750025}} It is located on Route 125, approximately 15 miles southeast of Sparta.

Garrison is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.

A post office called Garrison was established in 1884, and remained in operation until 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO |title=Post Offices |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=19 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 has the name of the Garrison family of settlers.{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_christian.html |title=Christian County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=19 September 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071710/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_christian.html |archivedate=24 June 2016 }}