St. George is an unincorporated community in central Wright County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is located on St. George Road, just southwest of Missouri Route H and four miles east of Manes. The site is in Hillhouse Hollow, a tributary of the Gasconade River.[2][3]
History
A post office called Saint George was in operation from 1872 until 1958.[4] The community has the name of the local St. George family.[5]
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: St. George, Wright County, Missouri
- ↑ Competition, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1987
- ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 53 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ↑ "Wright County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
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