Owasco is an unincorporated community in Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
The community is on Missouri Route V approximately 8.5 miles southeast of Milan. The community of Mystic on Missouri Route 129 is about 2.5 miles to the northeast. The community is on a ridge between East and West Yellow Creeks.
History
A post office called Owasco was established in 1858, and remained in operation until 1919. Owasco is an Indian name for "bridge". Besides the post office, Owasco had a country store.
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Owasco, Missouri
- Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 22 ISBN 0899332242
- "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
- Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 367.
- "Sullivan County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
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| County seat: Milan | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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