Waldron, Missouri
Waldron is an unincorporated community in southwestern Platte County, Missouri in the United States.[1] Waldron is located on the edge of the Missouri River floodplain approximately one mile southeast of Route 45. I-435 crosses the Missouri River 2.5 miles south of the community. The Burlington Northern Railroad passes the community.[2] It is within the Kansas City metropolitan area.
History
Waldron was laid out in 1869 by J. M. and M. H. Waldron, and named for them.[3] A post office called Waldron has been in operation since 1869.[4]
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Waldron, Missouri
- Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed. 1998, p.26 ISBN 0899332242
- Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 342.
- "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
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