Krakow, Missouri
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Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.
Krakow is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is situated on Missouri Route A, between Union to the south and Washington to the north.[2]
A post office called Krakow was established in 1871, and remained in operation until 1953.[3] The community was named after Kraków, formerly in Austria-Hungary (now Poland), the native home of a share of the early settlers.[4] In 1870 – 1872, a local newspaper in Polish was published, called Orzeł Polski.
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Krakow, Missouri
- ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 48 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
- ↑ "Franklin County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
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