Anaconda, Missouri

Anaconda is an unincorporated community in southern Franklin County, Missouri, United States.[1] The community is southeast of Interstate 44, between St. Clair and Stanton.[2]

History

Older variant names of the community were Dry Branch and Morrellton.[1] The former variant name is after Dry Branch creek, while the latter variant name honored one Mr. Morrell, a railroad official.[3] The present name may be a transfer from Anaconda, Montana.[3] A post office was established as Dry Branch in 1858.[4] From 1892 until 1893, the post office was called Anaconda.[5] The post office was renamed Morrellton in 1893, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1953.[6]

Anaconda was a station on the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway.[7]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Anaconda
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 48 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "Franklin County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  4. "Franklin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  5. "Franklin County, pp. 2". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  6. "Franklin County, pp. 3". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  7. The Southwestern Reporter. West Publishing Company. 1920. p. 806.



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