Half Rock, Missouri

A post office called Half Rock was established in 1867 and remained in operation until 1900.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Mercer | title=Post Offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=5 November 2016 | archive-date=November 6, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106061757/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Mercer | url-status=live }} According to tradition, the community was derisively so named on account of the quality of the coffee at a nearby store (i.e. the coffee was "half rock".){{cite web | url =http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_mercer.html | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070345/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_mercer.html | archivedate = June 24, 2016 | url-status = live | title=Mercer County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate= November 5, 2016}} The community was never incorporated.{{cite book |last= Williams|first= Walter|date= 1915|title= A History of Northwest Missouri Volume I|publisher= The Lewis Publishing Company|page=587}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Mercer County, Missouri

Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri

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