Success, Missouri

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Success is an unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately twelve miles northwest of Houston at the southern intersection of Routes 17 and 32.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, {{ISBN|0-89933-224-2}}

History

The first settlement at Success was made in 1880.{{cite web | url =http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_texas.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071622/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_texas.html | archive-date = June 24, 2016 | url-status = live | title=Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| access-date= December 28, 2016}} The nearby original town site is today officially known as "Old Success"{{GNIS|751428|name=Old Success}} and is located about one mile to the north. A post office called Success has been in operation since 1880.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Texas | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=28 December 2016}} Founders of the community most likely named it "Success" in order to promote a mineral spa established there.{{cite web | url =http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_texas.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071622/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_texas.html | archive-date = June 24, 2016 | url-status = live | title=Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| access-date= December 28, 2016}}

Education

The Success R-VI School District has a K-8 enrollment.{{cite web | url=http://success.k12.mo.us | title=Homepage | publisher=Success R-VI School District | accessdate=29 December 2016}} The students attend Houston, Plato and Licking for high school.

References

Category:Populated places established in 1883

Category:Unincorporated communities in Texas County, Missouri

Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri