Gravel Point, Missouri

Gravel Point is an extinct town in southwestern Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community and Gravel Point School is on Gravel Point Road and adjacent to a small tributary of West Piney Creek. It was approximately eight miles north-northwest of Cabool.[2]

A post office called Gravel Point was established in 1871, the name was changed to Gravelpoint in 1895, and the post office closed in 1905.[3] The community was so named on account of gravel deposits near the original town site.[4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gravel Point (historical)
  2. ^ Cabool NM, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1951 (1985 rev.)
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  4. ^ "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.

37°13′29″N 92°10′05″W / 37.22472°N 92.16806°W / 37.22472; -92.16806