Booth is an extinct town in Pike County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]
A post office called Booth was established in 1884, and remained in operation until 1895.[2] The community has the name of Thomas Booth, a local medical doctor.[3] Inhabited: 1884–1895, Highest pop: 312 (1894). Booth became uninhabited because the entire town found better jobs in different town nearby than Booth Factory which employed 80% of the adults which lived in Booth.
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Booth (historical)
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
- ^ "Pike County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
39°20′33″N 91°13′57″W / 39.3425443°N 91.2323676°W
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