Grogan is an extinct town in southern Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.[1]
The community is on a hillside above the North Prong of Jacks Fork River. The town is approximately eleven miles east-northeast of Cabool and eleven miles south-southeast of Houston.[2]
A post office called Grogan was established in 1897, and remained in operation until 1954.[3] The community has the name of J. E. Grogan, the original owner of the town site.[4]
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grogan
- ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed. 1998, p. 54 ISBN 0899332242
- ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
- ↑ "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
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