Bardley is an unincorporated community on the Oregon/Ripley county line in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is located on Missouri Route J approximately two miles north of U.S. Route 160 and fourteen miles east of Alton.[2]
History
editBardley had its start in 1895 as a logging town.[3] The community was named after Bordley, Kentucky, the native home of a first settler (a postal error accounts for the error in spelling, which was never corrected).[4] A post office called Bardley was established in 1895, and remained in operation until 1966.[5]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bardley, Missouri
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gasetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 65 ISBN 0899332242
- ^ Earngey, Bill (1995). Missouri Roadsides: The Traveler's Companion. University of Missouri Press. p. 5. ISBN 9780826210210.
- ^ "Ripley County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
36°41′39″N 91°07′18″W / 36.69417°N 91.12167°W
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