Booth is an extinct town in Pike County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

A post office called Booth was established in 1884, and remained in operation until 1895.[2] The community has the name of Thomas Booth, a local medical doctor.[3] Inhabited: 1884–1895, Highest pop: 312 (1894). Booth became uninhabited because the entire town found better jobs in different town nearby than Booth Factory which employed 80% of the adults which lived in Booth.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Booth (historical)
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  3. "Pike County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.

39°20′33″N 91°13′57″W / 39.3425443°N 91.2323676°W / 39.3425443; -91.2323676


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