Duke is an unincorporated community in southwest Phelps County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located approximately thirteen miles northwest of Licking and five miles east of Fort Leonard Wood. The community is on Missouri Route K and two miles east of a meander in the Big Piney River in the Mark Twain National Forest.[2]
The post office opened in 1906 & ran for decades, it is no longer open. Residents have to go to Newburg, MO to find the nearest post office.[3] The community was named after Duke's Mixture, a brand of pipe tobacco sold at the local country store.[4]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Duke, Missouri
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ "Phelps County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
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