Anaconda, Missouri

Anaconda is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Missouri, in the United States. Variant names of the community are Dry Branch and Morrellton.^[1]

History

A post office was established as Dry Branch in 1858.^[2] From 1892 until 1893, the post office was called Anaconda.^[3] The post office was renamed Morrellton in 1893, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1953.^[4]

Anaconda was a station on the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway.^[5]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Anaconda, Missouri
↑ "Franklin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
↑ "Franklin County, pp. 2". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
↑ "Franklin County, pp. 3". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
↑ The Southwestern Reporter. West Publishing Company. 1920. p. 806.

Municipalities and communities of Franklin County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Union

Cities	Berger Gerald New Haven Pacific‡ Saint Clair Sullivan‡ Union Washington

Villages	Charmwood Leslie Miramiguoa Park Oak Grove Village Parkway

Townships	Boeuf Boles Boone Calvey Central Lyon Meramec New Haven Prairie St. Johns Union Washington

CDPs	Gray Summit Villa Ridge

Other unincorporated communities	Anaconda Beaufort Catawissa Japan Labadie Lonedell Luebbering Moselle Noser Mill Robertsville St. Albans Spring Bluff Stanton

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 38°18′06″N 91°02′27″W / 38.30167°N 91.04083°W / 38.30167; -91.04083

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