Sledd is an unincorporated community in southeast Pike County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]
The community is on Missouri Route W two miles south of Paynesville and approximately one-half mile north of the Pike-Lincoln county line. Guinns Creek flows past the north side of the community.[2]
History
editA post office called Sledd was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1901.[3] Alexander Sledd, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name.[4]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sledd, Missouri
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, First ed. 1998 p. 33 ISBN 0899332242
- ^ "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°13′53″N 90°53′26″W / 39.23139°N 90.89056°W
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