Yucatan, Missouri
Yucatan, Missouri is located in Missouri
Yucatan, Missouri
Yucatan, Missouri
Coordinates: 38°51′16″N 91°45′02″W / 38.85444°N 91.75056°W / 38.85444; -91.75056
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyCallaway
Elevation817 ft (249 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code573
GNIS feature ID741377[1]

Yucatan is an unincorporated community in eastern Callaway County, Missouri, United States.[1] The community is on Missouri Route D about four miles south of I-70. Lake Lochaweeno is about two miles to the southwest.[2]

A post office called Yucatan was established in 1892, and remained in operation until 1908.[3] The community was named after the nearby Yucatan Baptist Church.[4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Yucatan, Missouri". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 38, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  4. "Callaway County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2016.


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