Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.
Owasco is an unincorporated community in Sullivan County , in the U.S. state of Missouri .[ 1]
The community is on Missouri Route V approximately 8.5 miles southeast of Milan . The community of Mystic on Missouri Route 129 is about 2.5 miles to the northeast. The community is on a ridge between East and West Yellow Creeks .[ 2]
History
A post office called Owasco was established in 1858, and remained in operation until 1919.[ 3] Owasco is an Indian name for "bridge".[ 4] Besides the post office, Owasco had a country store.[ 5]
References
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Owasco, Missouri
^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 22 ISBN 0899332242
^ "Post Offices" . Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 27, 2016 .
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named . The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 367.
^ "Sullivan County Place Names, 1928–1945" . The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016 .
40°08′17″N 92°58′41″W / 40.13806°N 92.97806°W / 40.13806; -92.97806