Fordham is an unincorporated community in southeast DeKalb County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

The community is located above the west bank of Grindstone Creek approximately six miles southeast of Maysville and six miles northwest of Cameron in the northeast corner of adjacent Clinton County.[2]

History

A post office called Fordham was established in 1906, and remained in operation until 1909.[3] The community was named after one Mr. Ford, who headed a church in the Illinois city where an early settler once had lived.[4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fordham, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 20, ISBN 0899332242
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  4. ↑ "DeKalb County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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