Unincorporated community in the American state of Missouri
Craddock is an unincorporated community in southern Phelps County , in the U.S. state of Missouri .[ 1] The community is one mile east of U.S. Route 63 . Licking is approximately nine miles to the south in Texas County and Edgar Springs is about nine miles to the north.[ 2]
History
A post office called Craddock was established in 1893, and remained in operation until 1954.[ 3] Dan Craddock, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name.[ 4]
References
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Craddock, Missouri
^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
^ "Post Offices" . Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 5, 2016 .
^ "Phelps County Place Names, 1928–1945" . The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016 .
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