Couch, Missouri

Couch is a small, unincorporated community in Oregon County, Missouri.[1] It is located six miles south of Alton on Missouri Supplemental Route A.

Couch Public School

History

A post office called Couch has been in operation since 1887.[2] The community has the name of George W. Couch, a first settler.[3][4]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Couch, Missouri
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  3. Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 337.
  4. "Oregon County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.

Coordinates: 36°36′22″N 91°22′59″W / 36.60611°N 91.38306°W / 36.60611; -91.38306


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