Ghost Town USA’s

Index to the RURAL POST OFFICES of

MISSOURI.

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 Missouri included:

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 West Point.

DEEPWATER Hickory Co.

EIGHT-MILE Cass Co. PO for the town of Daugherty.

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: Pumkin Center (?), Punkin Center

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. PO & country store

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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First Posted: Sep 05, 2004

Last Updated: Dec 07, 2006

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