Tin Town, Missouri
Tin Town is an unincorporated community in southeastern Polk County, Missouri. Located on Route 215, it is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.[1][2]
The community was recorded as Half Way in the Polk County, Missouri Official Plat Maps of 1903[3] and again in 1939.[4] It was officially designated Gold[5] until the 1930s, when the name Tin Town was adopted in reference to the significant number of homes with tin roofs.[6]
Notable people
- Ronnie Self (1938–1981), rockabilly singer-songwriter known for "Bop-A-Lena"
References
- ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 52, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ↑ GNIS data
- ↑ "Page 38-39". mdh.contentdm.oclc.org. Retrieved 2026-07-10.
- ↑ "Home | MU Digital Library". digital.library.missouri.edu. Archived from the original on 2026-06-21. Retrieved 2026-07-10.
- ↑ "Gold, Mo., and Lorenza Stewart". Buffalo Reflex. Retrieved 2026-07-10.
- ↑ "Polk County | The State Historical Society of Missouri". collections.shsmo.org. Retrieved 2026-07-10.
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