Service, Missouri

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

Service is an unincorporated community in eastern Crawford County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.{{GNIS|736533}} The community is located on a small tributary along the east bank of Courtois Creek, approximately 2.5 miles west of the Crawford-Washington county line. Missouri Route 8 passes on the ridge about one-half mile to the southwest. The community of Butts lies about 1.5 miles downstream (northwest) and Berryman is about four miles to the southeast (upstream). The old Service School was located at the site in the 1940s.Berryman, Missouri, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1943 (1974 rev.)

History

A post office called Service was established in 1886, 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 origin of the name Service is unknown.{{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}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Crawford County, Missouri

Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri