Peach Orchard, Missouri

Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.

Unincorporated community in Missouri, United States of America
36°21′56″N 89°56′02″W / 36.36556°N 89.93389°W / 36.36556; -89.93389CountryUnited States of AmericaStateMissouriCountyPemiscot

Peach Orchard is an unincorporated community in northwest Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on Route 153, approximately twenty miles northwest of Caruthersville.

A post office called Peach Orchard was established in 1936, and remained in operation until 1973.It and an adjoining mercantile store were destroyed in a mysterious fire in 1973.[2] The community was named after a peach orchard near the original town site.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Peach Orchard
  2. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  3. ^ "Pemiscot County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016.

36°21′56″N 89°56′02″W / 36.36556°N 89.93389°W / 36.36556; -89.93389

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