Rucker, Boone County, Missouri

Rucker is an unincorporated community in the northwest corner of Boone County, Missouri, United States.[1] The community is located at the intersection of Missouri routes T and F about 6.5 miles north of Harrisburg. The site lies between Perche Creek and Sugar Creek.[2]

Rucker in April 2019

History

A post office called Rucker was established in 1889, and remained in operation until 1908.[3] The community was named for Maj. John F. Rucker.[4][5]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rucker, Boone County, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 30, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  4. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 213.
  5. "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.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)



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