Duke, Missouri

Duke is an unincorporated community in southwest Phelps County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located approximately thirteen miles northwest of Licking and five miles east of Fort Leonard Wood. The community is on Missouri Route K and two miles east of a meander in the Big Piney River in the Mark Twain National Forest.[2]

History

A post office opened in 1906 and ran for decades, but it is no longer open. Residents have to go to Newburg to find the nearest post office.[3] The community was named after Duke's Mixture, a brand of pipe tobacco sold at the local country store.[4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Duke, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Phelps County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.

37°39′37″N 92°00′39″W / 37.66028°N 92.01083°W / 37.66028; -92.01083

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