Thuroy is an unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri, United States.[1] The village was located on a northward-flowing tributary to Barren Creek, approximately one-half mile from the Missouri-Arkansas border and Missouri State Highway 101. Bakersfield is about four miles to the northeast. Barren Creek flows into Norfork Lake in Arkansas, approximately four miles to the southwest.[2][3]
History
editA post office called Thuroy was established in 1927, and remained in operation until 1936.[4] The community derives its name from Thursey Marshal, an early settler (a postal error accounts for the error in spelling, which was never corrected).[5]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Thuroy, Missouri
- ^ Bakersfield, Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968 (based on coordinates from GNIS)
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 64, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
- ^ "Ozark County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
36°30′18″N 92°12′11″W / 36.50500°N 92.20306°W
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