Mineral Spring, Missouri

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

Mineral Spring is an unincorporated community in Barry County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

History

A variant name was Panacea.{{GNIS|751115}} A post office called Panacea was established in 1880, the name was changed to Mineral Spring in 1895, and the post office closed in 1940.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=30 August 2016}} The community was named for a mineral spring near the original town site.{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_barry.html |title=Barry 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/20160624071806/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_barry.html |archivedate=24 June 2016 }}

References

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Barry County, Missouri

Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri