en Yukon, Missouri

Yukon (/juːˈkɒn/) is an unincorporated community in eastern Texas County, Missouri, United States.^[1] It is located at the junction of Route 17 and Route 137, approximately nine miles east of Houston.^[2]

A post office called Yukon was established in 1899, and remained in operation until 1998.^[3] The community was named after the contemporaneous gold rush in Yukon, Canada.^[4]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yukon, Missouri
^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
^ Ramsay, Robert L. (1952). Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names. University of Missouri Press. p. 26. ISBN 9780826205865.

37°16′23″N 91°50′54″W / 37.27306°N 91.84833°W / 37.27306; -91.84833

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yukon, Missouri

[2] Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2

[3] "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.

[4] Ramsay, Robert L. (1952). Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names. University of Missouri Press. p. 26. ISBN 9780826205865.

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