Spring Bluff, Missouri

Spring Bluff, Missouri
Unincorporated community
Spring Bluff is located in Missouri
Spring Bluff
Spring Bluff
Coordinates: 38°17′44″N 91°14′17″W / 38.29556°N 91.23806°W / 38.29556; -91.23806
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyFranklin
Elevation
[1]
909 ft (277 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code573
GNIS feature ID741277[1]

Spring Bluff is an unincorporated community in southwest Franklin County, Missouri, United States.[1]

The community sits on a ridge at the intersection of Missouri routes 185 and AC approximately seven miles northwest of Sullivan. An incised meander of the Bourbeuse River lies one mile northwest of the community.[2]

History

A post office called Springbluff was established in 1872, and remained in operation until 1933.[3] The community most likely was so named on account of its lofty elevation above a spring.[4]

Education

Spring Bluff R-XV School District is a public school district that includes kindergarten through eighth grades. It received the "Distinction in Performance" award from 2001-2002 to 2011–2012.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "Spring Bluff, Missouri". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Spring Bluff, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1966 (1980 rev.)
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  4. ^ "Franklin County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 30, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Spring Bluff R-XV School District - School Profile". www.springbluffpirates.com. Retrieved January 3, 2017.


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