Shrum, Missouri
unincorporated community
Location of Bollinger County, Missouri
Location of Bollinger County, Missouri
Coordinates: 37°23′02″N 90°00′54″W / 37.38389°N 90.01500°W / 37.38389; -90.01500
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyBollinger
TownshipCrooked Creek
Elevation
[1]
587 ft (179 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code573
GNIS feature ID752143[1]

Shrum is an unincorporated community in the southeastern part of Crooked Creek Township in Bollinger County, Missouri, United States. Shrum, which lies 5 1/2 miles east of Bessville,[2] was established in 1900, and the community was named for a local landowner, Nicholas Shrum.[3] The community's post office was in operation between the years of 1898–1937.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shrum, Missouri
  2. ↑ A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Bollinger County, Missouri http://thelibrary.org/lochist/moser/bollinpl.html
  3. ↑ State Historical Society of Missouri: Bollinger County Place Names, 1928-1945 http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_bollinger.html
  4. ↑ Post Offices in Bollinger County, MO "Bollinger". Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.


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