Sleeper, Missouri

Sleeper is an unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri, United States.^[1] From an LA Times article, At the general store in Sleeper, Mo., proprietor Norma Alloway, 72, said the town got its name from "a Pennsylvanian named John Sleeper who built a railroad through here in the 1860s." It is located about one mile north of Interstate 44 on Missouri Supplemental Route F, or about five miles northeast of Lebanon. Several homes and a fire station are located here.^[2]

References

↑ "Sleeper". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
↑ "Laclede County Rural Fire Protection Districts And Volunteer Fire Departments." Laclede County Clerk. Retrieved 3 January 2015.

Municipalities and communities of Laclede County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Lebanon

Cities	Conway Lebanon Richland‡

Villages	Evergreen Phillipsburg Stoutland‡

CDP	Bennett Springs‡

Other unincorporated communities	Caffeyville Competition Eldridge Falcon Hazelgreen Lynchburg Morgan Sleeper Saint Annie

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

Coordinates: 37°45′38″N 92°35′35″W / 37.76056°N 92.59306°W / 37.76056; -92.59306

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