Couch, Missouri
Unincorporated community
Couch Public School
Couch Public School
Couch, Missouri is located in Missouri
Couch, Missouri
Couch, Missouri
Coordinates: 36°36′22″N 91°22′59″W / 36.60611°N 91.38306°W / 36.60611; -91.38306[1]
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyOregon
Elevation
[1]
679 ft (207 m)
GNIS feature ID716377[1]

Couch is a small, unincorporated community in Oregon County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located six miles south of Alton on Missouri Route A.[2] The ZIP Code for Couch is 65690.[3]

History

A post office called Couch has been in operation since 1887.[4] The community has the name of George W. Couch, a first settler.[5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Couch, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gasetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 65 ISBN 0899332242
  3. ↑ "Couch ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  5. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 337.
  6. ↑ "Oregon County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.


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