Sutherland, Missouri

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in the U.S. state of Missouri}}

Sutherland is an unincorporated community in southeast Johnson County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.{{GNIS|741304}}

The community is on Missouri Route 23 approximately eleven miles south of Knob Noster. The community of Bowen is two miles south on the Johnson-Henry county line.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 35 {{ISBN|0-89933-224-2}}

History

Sutherland was laid out in 1898, and named after D. L. Sutherland, the original owner of the town site.{{cite web| url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_johnson.html| title=Johnson County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)| publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate=20 October 2016| url-status=bot: unknown| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070939/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_johnson.html| archivedate=24 June 2016}} A post office called Sutherland was established in 1897, and remained in operation until 1912.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Johnson | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=19 October 2016}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Johnson County, Missouri

Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri