Mincy, Missouri

Mincy is an unincorporated community in south-central Taney County, in the Ozarks of southern Missouri, United States.[1] Mincy is located approximately four miles north of the Missouri-Arkansas border and near the upper end of Bull Shoals Lake of the White River.[2] Mincy is the namesake for the Drury-Mincy Conservation Area to the south and east.[3]

History

A post office called Mincy was established in 1870, and remained in operation until 1955.[4] The community has the name of the local Mincy family.[5]

Elsie Bates-Freund was a native of Mincy.[6]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mincy, Missouri
2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 62, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
3. The Drury-Mincy Conservation Area, Missouri Department of Conservation
4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
5. "Taney County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
6. "Elsie Freund". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved December 10, 2023.

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