Prosperine, Missouri
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.}}
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Prosperine is an unincorporated community in northwest Laclede County, in the Ozarks of south central Missouri.{{GNIS|724959}} The community is located on Route AA, approximately 2.5 miles southwest of Eldridge.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 45, {{ISBN|0-89933-224-2}}
History
A post office called Prosperine was established in 1900, and remained in operation until 1952.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Laclede | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=24 October 2016}} The community's founder expected the settlement to prosper, hence the name.{{cite web| url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_laclede.html| title=Laclede County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)| publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate=24 October 2016| url-status=bot: unknown| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071428/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_laclede.html| archivedate=24 June 2016}}
References
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Laclede County, Missouri
Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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