Midland, Missouri

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in the American state of Missouri}}

Midland is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.{{GNIS|736524}} The community was located along Missouri Route 8 near the Missouri Route TT intersection approximately two miles east of Steelville. The Midland School was about one-half mile to the northwest on a bluff above Whittenburg Creek.Steelville, MO, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1937 (1950 rev.)

History

A post office called Midland was established in 1875, and remained in operation until 1896.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=25 September 2016}} The community took its name from the Midland Blast Furnace Company.{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_crawford.html |title=Crawford County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=25 September 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071452/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_crawford.html |archivedate=24 June 2016 }}

References

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Crawford County, Missouri

Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri