Two Mile Prairie, Missouri

Two Mile Prairie
Unincorporated community
Two Mile Prairie
Location within the state of Missouri
Coordinates: 39°1′5″N 92°10′1″W / 39.01806°N 92.16694°W / 39.01806; -92.16694Coordinates: 39°1′5″N 92°10′1″W / 39.01806°N 92.16694°W / 39.01806; -92.16694
Country United States
State Missouri
County Boone
Township Columbia
Elevation 879 ft (268 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID 759385[1]

Two Mile Prairie is an unincorporated community in northern Columbia Township, Boone County, Missouri, United States, northeast of Columbia. Its elevation is 879 feet (268 m).[1]

It shares a name with Two Mile Prairie Elementary School in Columbia. The community is part of the Columbia Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The community took its name from a nearby two-mile long prairie of the same name.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Two Mile Prairie, Missouri". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
  2. ↑ "Boone County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.

Further reading

  • "Area farmers face price squeeze: Grain elevators are filling up quickly." Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO) (Oct 11, 2007): NA. General OneFile. Gale. TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARIES (CELPLO). 23 Feb. 2008 <http://find.galenet.com/ips/start.do?prodId=IPS>. Gale Document Number:CJ169738534 "Brothers Frank and John Glenn yesterday took advantage of good weather to reap the annual soybean harvest on their family farm in the Two Mile Prairie area northeast of Columbia."
  • "Planners settle on Ashland site for sewage plant." Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO) (August 15, 2007): NA. General OneFile. Gale. TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARIES (CELPLO). 23 Feb. 2008 <http://find.galenet.com/ips/start.do?prodId=IPS>. Gale Document Number:CJ167634040 "...the Two Mile Prairie task force believes the best location for the new [wastewater treatment] plant is the current Ashland Wastewater Treatment Plant.'


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