Stringtown is an unincorporated community in Butler County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]
Stringtown, Butler County, Missouri | |
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  Stringtown  Stringtown | |
| Coordinates: 36°45′10″N 90°34′58″W / 36.75278°N 90.58278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Butler |
| Elevation | 486 ft (148 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 573 |
| GNIS feature ID | 752399[1] |
The community is on Missouri Route M one mile east of Beaverdam Creek.[2]
According to tradition, Stringtown was named for the "string" or line of customers to a local bootleg liquor outlet.[3]
On April 3, 2014, an F0 tornado struck Stringtown. A mobile home had about half of its roof removed and a few tree limbs were broken.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stringtown, Butler County, Missouri
- ^ Stringtown, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1980
- ^ "Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Missouri Event Report: EF0 Tornado (Report). National Climatic Data Center. 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
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