Enterprise, Linn County, Missouri

Enterprise is an unincorporated community in northern Linn County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

The community is on a county road approximately one mile south of the Linn-Sullivan county line and four miles east of Browning. Upper tributaries of Long Branch flow past the community.[2]

History

Enterprise was originally called Northcutt, and under the latter name was platted in the late 1850s, and named after B. F. Northcutt, the original owner of the town site.[3] Another variant name was "Rodney".[1] A post office called Northcutt was established in 1858, the name was later changed to Rodney, and the post office closed in 1902.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Enterprise
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 22, ISBN 0899332242
  3. ^ "Linn County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
  4. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 29, 2016.

40°01′28″N 93°05′07″W / 40.02444°N 93.08528°W / 40.02444; -93.08528


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