Oldham, Missouri

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

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Oldham is an unincorporated community in southeast Boone County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.{{GNIS|751432}} The community is on Old Highway 63 approximately three miles south of Ashland.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st edition, 1998, p. 38 {{isbn|0899332242}}

Folk etymology states the community was named after Asa Old, a local merchant who sold old hams.{{cite web| url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_boone.html| title=Boone County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)| publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| access-date=4 September 2016| url-status=bot: unknown| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071013/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_boone.html| archive-date=24 June 2016}}