Hams Prairie
Hams Prairie (originally Ham's Prairie) is a small town, population about 40, in Callaway County, Missouri in the United States. The town is located 5.5 miles south-southeast of Fulton, Missouri, whose post office handles its mail as part of zip code 65251.
Hams Prairie is named for Rev. John Ham, a Methodist minister who arrived in Callaway County in 1815 and cut his name on a tree at the edge of the prairie one year later.[1]
References
- ↑ A Short History of Callaway County by Ovid Bell, p.3, and History of Callaway County, p.113 and p.481, as cited by Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society: Other Communities, retrieved 14 January 2008.
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Location: 38°46′10″N 91°55′10″W / 38.7694°N 91.9194°W
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