Unincorporated community in the American state of Missouri
Sleeper is an unincorporated community in Laclede County , Missouri , United States.[1] It is located approximately one mile north of Interstate 44 at the intersection of Missouri routes F and J . It is and about six miles northeast of Lebanon and five miles southwest of Stoutland .[2] Several homes and a fire station are located here.[3]
A post office called Sleeper was established in 1883, and remained in operation until 1955.[4] The community was named after "Sleeper", a railroad employee who often was noticeably tired.[5] [6]
^ "Sleeper" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved January 3, 2015 .
^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 45 ISBN 0899332242
^ "Laclede County Rural Fire Protection Districts And Volunteer Fire Departments." Laclede County Clerk. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
^ "Laclede County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)" . The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016 .((cite web ))
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^ "Post Offices" . Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 24, 2016 .
^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names . Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 120.
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