Extinct town in the U.S. state of Missouri
Tucker is an extinct town in southwestern Ripley County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. The community lies on Missouri Route Z, south of Gatewood and three miles north of the Missouri-Arkansas border.
A post office called Tucker was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1907. The community has the name of John Tucker, a local merchant. A variant name was "Tuckertown".
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tucker
- Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 66, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
- "Ripley County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
36°45′42″N 90°56′12″W / 36.761722°N 90.936793°W / 36.761722; -90.936793
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