Shook is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, Missouri, United States. The community is located on the West Fork Lost Creek arm of Lake Wappapello along Missouri Route D,[2] approximately sixteen miles north of Poplar Bluff.

The Shook post office was in operation from 1904 to 1999.[3] The community has the name of George Shook, an early settler.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Shook, Missouri". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Shook, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1966 (1985 rev.)
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  4. ^ "Wayne County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2017.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shook,_Missouri
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