Couch is a small, unincorporated community in Oregon County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located six miles south of Alton on Missouri Route A.[2] The ZIP Code for Couch is 65690.[3]
Couch, Missouri | |
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 Couch Public School | |
  Couch, Missouri | |
| Coordinates: 36°36′22″N 91°22′59″W / 36.60611°N 91.38306°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Oregon |
| Elevation | 679 ft (207 m) |
| GNIS feature ID | 716377[1] |
History
editA post office called Couch has been in operation since 1887.[4] The community has the name of George W. Couch, a first settler.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Couch, Missouri
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gasetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 65 ISBN 0899332242
- ^ "Couch ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
- ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 337.
- ^ "Oregon County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
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