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Bois D'Arc, Missouri

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Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S. For other uses, see Bois d'arc (disambiguation).

Bois D'Arc (locally /ˈboʊdɑːrk/ BOH-dark, French: [bwɑ daʁk]) is an unincorporated community in Greene County, Missouri, United States, approximately 15 miles northwest of Springfield. The community is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.

A post office called Bois D'arc has been in operation since 1868. The community was named for an individual osage-orange tree (also known as a bois d'arc) which stood near the original town site.

References

  1. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  2. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 170.
Municipalities and communities of Greene County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Springfield
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Former settlement
Footnotes‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

37°15′23″N 93°30′28″W / 37.25639°N 93.50778°W / 37.25639; -93.50778


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