Ghost Town
These were usually small “post offices”
located in a farmer’s home or out building.
They served folks in outlying farming areas, and often acted as a
community center or gathering place to catch up on the latest gossip or
commodity prices. Many times the rural post offices also acted as a magnet for
a small community that later faded away, or grew into busy little towns. A few towns had post offices that had a
different name than the town. Those are
also listed here. SOME of the rural post
offices that once dotted the landscape of
For details, please see the alphabetic
listings. Only the first location is
linked to the appropriate alphabetic listing:
RURAL POST OFFICE COUNTY NOTES
AIR Johnson
Co.
BALDRIDGE
Pulaski
Co.
BATESVILLE
POST OFFICE Bates
Co.
BEE
BRANCH POST OFFICE Johnson
Co.
BELLE
PLAINE POST OFFICE Cass
Co.
BLEDSOE Hickory Co.
BROWNFIELD
Pulaski
Co.
CAVE
SPRING Pulaski
Co.
CHALYBEATE
POST OFFICE Johnson Co.
CHAPMAN Benton
Co.
CURTIS Pulaski Co.
DAN Maries
Co.
DANA
Bates
Co. PO for the town site of
DEEPWATER Hickory
Co.
EIGHT-MILE Cass
Co. PO for the town of
ELK
FORK POST OFFICE Bates
Co.
ELLIOTTSVILLE Monroe
Co. Rural store &
post office
FARGO Benton
Co.
FLOYDS
CREEK POST OFFICE Adair
Co.
FRANCIS
Pulaski
Co. AKA – Gascozark
FREDONIA Benton
Co
FULLER Benton
Co.
GATH
POST OFFICE Johnson
Co.
GEBLER Gasconade
Co.
GERARD
POST OFFICE Cass
Co.
GIBSON Benton
Co.
GLOBE Johnson
Co.
GOFFS POST OFFICE Henry Co.
HAWKINS
Pulaski
Co. AKA:
HAZEN
POST OFFICE Cass Co.
HIGH
POINT Miller
Co. …SEE Ramsey
HIGHGROVE Maries Co.
HOCKMAN Benton
Co.
HOLLMANS POST OFFICE Warren Co. …SEE Hollmans Store &
Post Office (#2)
HONSEVILLE Maries Co. AKA – Bert
IDA POST OFFICE Adair
Co.
KISNER
POST OFFICE Bates
Co.
LACON Maries
Co.
LOEFFLER
POST OFFICE Adair
Co.
LONE OAK POST OFFICE Bates Co. ...SEE Stumpton
MAJORVILLE Benton Co.
MARVEL
POST OFFICE Bates
Co.
MARVIN POST OFFICE Henry Co.
MELVIN Benton
Co.
MENTON Maries Co.
METCALF Pulaski
Co.
MILL
GROVE Monroe
Co.
MOUNTAIN
VIEW Benton
Co.
NORTH
POST OFFICE Henry
Co.
PACKARD Hickory Co.
PEORIA
POST OFFICE Bates
Co.
PINE
BLUFF Pulaski
Co.
PLUM GROVE POST OFFICE Cass
Co.
RADER Maries
Co.
RAMSEY Miller Co.
ROCKFORD POST OFFICE Cass
Co.
SAINT
ANNIE Pulaski
Co.
SAND CREEK POST OFFICE Adair Co.
SANTEE Maries Co.
SKAGGS POST OFFICE Cass Co.
SOUTHBEND Lawrence Co. Rural store & post office
STAFFORD Hickory Co.
STEEN PRAIRIE Maries
Co.
THORNBERRY Camden
Co.
TOLEDO POST OFFICE Henry Co.
TOPE POST OFFICE Henry
Co.
TUCKERSVILLE Camden
Co.
VENTURA
Monroe
Co.
VOORHEES Camden
Co. Rural store &
post office
WALNUT
CREEK POST OFFICE Bates
Co.
WHARTON Pulaski Co.
ZIG
POST OFFICE Adair
Co.
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