Clifton City, Missouri

Clifton City
Clifton City
Unincorporated community
	Clifton City
	Coordinates: 38°45′53″N 93°02′29″W / 38.76472°N 93.04139°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Cooper County
Township	Otterville Township
Elevation	771 ft (235 m)
ZIP code	65348
GNIS feature ID	0739984

Clifton City is an unincorporated community in southwestern Cooper County, Missouri, United States. The community is located on Missouri Route 135 and Missouri Route BB. The nearest town is Otterville approximately five miles to the south. It is also 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Sedalia. The Lamine River flows past one half mile east of the town. The Cooper - Pettis county boundary lies three-quarters of a mile west of the location. The Katy Trail State Park passes the south edge of the community.^[2]

History

Clifton City was originally called Cranmer's Mill, and under the latter name was settled in the early 1830s.^[3] A post office called Clifton City was established in 1873, and remained in operation until 1959.^[4] The present name most likely is after Clifton R. Woods, an early settler.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clifton City, Missouri
^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 36, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 280.
^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
^ "Cooper County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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[gnis-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clifton City, Missouri

[2] Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 36, ISBN 0-89933-224-2

[3] Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 280.

[4] "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.

[5] "Cooper County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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