en Folk, Missouri

Folk
Folk
unincorporated community
	Folk
	Coordinates: 38°25′18.83″N 92°5′49.4″W / 38.4218972°N 92.097056°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Osage

Folk is an unincorporated community in northwestern Osage County, Missouri, United States.^[1] It is located approximately ten miles southeast of Jefferson City.

It is on county road 505 one-quarter mile west of Route 133 and approximately five miles west of Westphalia. The Osage River flows past one mile west of the site.^[2]

A post office called Folk was established in 1905, and remained in operation until 1964.^[3] The community was named for former governor Joseph W. Folk.^[4]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Folk
^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p.38, ISBN 0899332242
^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on November 27, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 337.

38°25′17″N 92°05′53″W / 38.42139°N 92.09806°W / 38.42139; -92.09806

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Folk

[2] Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p.38, ISBN 0899332242

[3] "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on November 27, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2016.

[4] Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 337.

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