Nile, Missouri

Nile is an unincorporated community in eastern Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is situated on the floodplain of Big Creek, approximately one mile west of the Texas-Shannon county line.[2] The old Nile Schoolhouse was about one mile east (upstream) and on the opposite side of the river across a stream ford.[3]

History

A post office called Nile was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1914.[4] The community once contained Nile Schoolhouse.[5] The riverside community's name most likely is an allusion to the Nile, in Egypt.[6]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nile
2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 55, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
3. Hartshorn, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1951 (1985 rev.)
4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
5. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nile School
6. "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.

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