St. Cloud, Ray County, Missouri

St. Cloud is an unincorporated community in Ray County, in the U.S. state of Missouri and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.[1]

The community is 2.5 miles west-northwest of Richmond and one mile north of Missouri Route 10. The West Fork of Crooked River flows past the north side of the community.[2]

History

A variant name was "Saint Cloud Springs".[1] The town site was platted as Saint Cloud Springs in 1881, taking its name from a spring near the original town site.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Saint Cloud
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 28 ISBN 0899332242
  3. ^ "Ray County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2016.

39°17′34″N 94°01′06″W / 39.292788°N 94.018277°W / 39.292788; -94.018277


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