Gumbo, Missouri

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

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Gumbo is an unincorporated community in northwestern St. Francois County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.{{GNIS|756136}} The community is located along Missouri Route 8 between Desloge and Leadwood. The meandering Big River lies to the north.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 48-49 {{ISBN|0-89933-224-2}}

Gumbo most likely was so named on account of "{{not a typo|gombo}}" dirt near the original town site.

{{cite web | url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_saint_francois.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071518/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_saint_francois.html | archive-date=June 24, 2016 | url-status=dead | title=St. Francois County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | access-date=November 27, 2016 }} During World War II, a large TNT plant was located five miles west of Gumbo.{{cite news |title=The Other Night |publisher=Naugatuck Daily News |date=28 March 1945}}