Plano, Missouri

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Missouri}}

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Plano is an unincorporated community on former U.S. Route 66, now Route 266 in Greene County, Missouri, United States. The community is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.

A post office called Plano was established in 1895, and remained in operation until 1903.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Greene | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=3 October 2016}} The name most likely is a transfer from Plano, Texas.{{cite web| url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_greene.html| title=Greene County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)| publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate=3 October 2016| url-status=bot: unknown| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071559/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_greene.html| archivedate=24 June 2016}} Little remains of the original community.{{Cite web|url=http://route66news.com/2013/12/05/true-story-ruins-plano/|title=The true story about the ruins at Plano, Mo|date=5 December 2013}}