Helena, Missouri
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Helena is an unincorporated community in southeastern Andrew County, Missouri, United States.{{GNIS|719347}} It is located approximately twelve miles northeast of St. Joseph and is part of the St. Joseph, MO–KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Helena has a park, an elementary school, two churches, a community center and a post office.
History
Helena was laid out in 1878.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ/page/n13 202]}} According to tradition, the community has the name of the daughter of a railroad man.{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_andrew.html |title=Andrew County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=30 August 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070431/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_andrew.html |archivedate=24 June 2016 }} A post office called Helena has been in operation since 1880.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=30 August 2016}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Andrew County, Missouri
Category:St. Joseph, Missouri metropolitan area
Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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