Paw Paw, Missouri
Paw Paw is a community in south central Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Missouri, which the GNIS classifies as a populated place.[1]
The community is located approximately one third mile north of Paw Paw Creek, approximately 7.5 miles (12.1 km) south-southeast of Milan and six miles (9.7 km) northeast of Browning.[2]
The name was sometimes spelled "Pawpaw".[1] A post office called Pawpaw was established in 1899 and remained in operation until 1905.[3] The community most likely was so named because of the paw paw thickets near the original town site.[4]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Paw Paw
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 22, ISBN 0899332242
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
- ^ "Sullivan County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
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Municipalities and communities of Sullivan County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Milan
- Browning‡
- Green City
- Greencastle
- Harris
- Milan
- Newtown
- Humphreys
- Osgood
- Pollock
communities
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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