Folk, Missouri
Folk is an unincorporated community in northwestern Osage County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located approximately ten miles southeast of Jefferson City. just off Route 133.
A post office called Folk was established in 1905, and remained in operation until 1964.[2] The community was named for former governor Joseph W. Folk.[3]
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Folk
- "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 337.
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