Piper, Missouri

Piper is an unincorporated community in Henry County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.^[1]

History

Piper was originally called Como, and under the latter name was laid out ca. 1880.^[2] A post office called Piper was established in 1895, and remained in operation until 1903.^[3] The present name honors Bob Piper, an original owner of the site.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Piper, Missouri
1 2 "Henry County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

Municipalities and communities of Henry County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Clinton

Cities	Blairstown Brownington Calhoun Clinton Deepwater Montrose Urich Windsor‡

Villages	La Due Tightwad

Townships	Bear Creek Bethlehem Big Creek Bogard Clinton Davis Deepwater Deer Creek Fairview Fields Creek Honey Creek Leesville Osage Shawnee Springfield Tebo Walker White Oak Windsor

CDP	Hartwell

Other unincorporated communities	Alberta Bowen‡ Coal Finey Gaines Garland Germantown Huntingdale Leesville Lewis Lucas Maurine Mount Zion Norris Petersburg Piper Quarles Roseland Shawnee Mound Sparrow Yolo

Ghost town	Industry

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 38°20′37″N 94°00′53″W / 38.34361°N 94.01472°W / 38.34361; -94.01472

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