Unincorporated community in Missouri
Thorpe is an unincorporated community in Dallas County , in the U.S. state of Missouri .[1] The community lies just north of the Dallas-Webster county line, with Missouri Route W and the Niangua River passing about one mile to the east. The community lies approximately midway between Buffalo , eleven miles to the northwest and Marshfield , eleven miles to the southeast.[2]
History
A post office called Thorpe was established in 1880, and remained in operation until 1907.[3] The community has the name of J. G. T. Thorpe, a pioneer citizen.[4]
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Thorpe, Missouri
^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 52, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
^ "Post Offices" . Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 25, 2016 .
^ "Dallas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)" . The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on September 15, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016 .((cite web ))
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