Wesco, Missouri

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Wesco is an unincorporated community in southwest Crawford County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on the Meramec River, approximately eight miles southwest of Steelville.[2]

Wesco was first named Wilson's Mills, after James Wilson, the proprietor of a local mill.[3] A post office called Wilsons Mills was established in 1877, and the name was changed to Wesco in 1907.[4] The present name is a contraction of the Western Electric Supply Company, a telephone utility.[3]

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