Loose Creek, Missouri

Loose Creek is an unincorporated community in Osage County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on U.S. Route 50, approximately eight miles east of Missouri's capital of Jefferson City.

A post office in Loose Creek has been in operation since 1849.[2] The community took its name from nearby Loose Creek.[3] The town site was platted in 1870.[4]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Loose Creek, Missouri
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  3. Transactions of the Academy of Science of Saint Louis. Academy of Science of St. Louis. 1886. p. 518.
  4. "Osage County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2016.


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