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Blue Ridge is an unincorporated community in southeast Harrison County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

The community is located at the intersection of Missouri routes 146 and MM approximately six miles southeast of Bethany and five miles northwest of Gilman City. The site is on a broad ridge between Sugar Creek to the northeast and Cypress Creek to the southwest.

History

A post office called Blue Ridge was established in 1856, and remained in operation until 1908. The community most likely was named after the ridge near the town site.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blue Ridge, Missouri
2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 21 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
4. "Harrison County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

v t e Municipalities and communities of Harrison County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Bethany
Cities	Bethany Cainsville Gilman City‡ New Hampton Ridgeway
Villages	Blythedale Eagleville Mount Moriah
Townships	Adams Bethany Butler Clay Colfax Cypress Dallas Fox Creek Grant Hamilton Jefferson Lincoln Madison Marion Sherman Sugar Creek Trail Creek Union Washington White Oak
Unincorporated communities	Akron Andover Blue Ridge Bolton Brooklyn Hatfield Martinsville Matkins Mitchellville Pawnee Pleasant Ridge Washington Center
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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