Wet Glaize, Missouri

Wet Glaize is an unincorporated community in Camden County, in the Ozarks of central Missouri.[1] The community is just east of Missouri Route 7 on Mill Creek which is a tributary to the Wet Glaize Creek. Montreal is to the northwest on Route 7 and Richland is to the southeast.[2] Mill Creek has a large fish hatchery in the vicinity of Wet Glaize.[3]

History

A post office called Wet Glaize was established in 1848, and remained in operation until 1938.[4] The community took its name from nearby Wet Auglaize Creek.[5]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wet Glaize, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 45, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ Montreal, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1976
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Camden County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved 8 September 2016.

Coordinates: 37°55′20″N 92°32′02″W / 37.92222°N 92.53389°W / 37.92222; -92.53389


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