Laflin, Missouri

Laflin, Missouri
unincorporated community

Location of Bollinger County, Missouri
Country United States
State Missouri
County Bollinger
Township Lorance
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 573

Laflin is an unincorporated community in the southeastern part of Lorance Township in Bollinger County, Missouri. The community was named after Sylvester M. Laflin, who was then a director of the Belmont Branch of the St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad.[1] The community was an important shipping-point for railroad timber.[2] A post office was in operation between 1871-1954.[3]

References

  1. State Historical Society of Missouri: Bollinger County Place Names, 1928-1945 http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_bollinger.html
  2. A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Bollinger County, Missouri http://thelibrary.org/lochist/moser/bollinpl.html
  3. Post Offices in Bollinger County, MO http://www.missouripostalhistory.org/bo017ml.htm

Coordinates: 37°16′37″N 89°53′18″W / 37.27694°N 89.88833°W / 37.27694; -89.88833

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