Mountain Dale is an unincorporated community in southeastern Webster County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is located on Missouri Route C, approximately 2.5 miles north of Seymour and just south of the James River headwaters. The Mountain Dale cemetery lies about one-quarter mile to the west.[2] Owen Field airstrip and the community of Waldo lie about three-quarters of a mile to the east, along Missouri Route V.[3]
Mountain Dale | |
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Unincorporated community | |
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| Coordinates: 37°11′20″N 92°45′15″W / 37.18889°N 92.75417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Webster |
The community took its name from a former school built about 1865.[4] The school was located near a mountain and a dale, hence the name, Mountain Dale.[4]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mountain Dale, Missouri
- ^ Seymour, Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 53, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ a b "Webster County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
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