Briscoe is a small unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Missouri, United States.[1]
The community sits on the east bank of the North Fork of the Cuivre River at the end of Missouri Route K two miles west of US Route 61. The community of Davis is 1.5 miles south along the river and Silex is 3.5 miles to the northwest.[2]
History
editBriscoe was platted in 1883.[3] The community was named after Samuel Briscoe, the original owner of the town site.[4] A post office called Briscoe was established in 1882, and remained in operation until 1959.[5]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Briscoe, Missouri
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 33, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "Lincoln County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 186.
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
39°04′55″N 91°00′44″W / 39.08194°N 91.01222°W
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