Unincorporated community in the American state of Missouri
Marys Home is an unincorporated community in northern Miller County , in the U.S. state of Missouri .[1] The community is on Missouri Route H , approximately two miles north of the Osage River . The town of Eugene in the southwest corner of Cole County is about four miles to the northwest, by Route H and Missouri Route 17 .[2]
History
Marys Home originally developed in the 1880s around the St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church.[3] The church and community are named after the Virgin Mary .[4] A post office was established as Mary's Home in 1884, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1918.[5]
The P.A. Sanning Store was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[6]
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Marys Home, Missouri
^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2007, Third edition, p. 45, ISBN 0-89933-353-2
^ "Miller County Place Names, 1928–1945" . The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016 .
^ Earngey, Bill (1995). Missouri Roadsides: The Traveler's Companion . University of Missouri Press. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-8262-1021-0 .
^ "Miller County" . Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 30, 2014 .
^ "National Register Information System" . National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . July 9, 2010.
38°18′20″N 92°21′19″W / 38.30556°N 92.35528°W / 38.30556; -92.35528