Bois D'Arc, Missouri explained

Bois D'Arc (in French bwɑ daʁk/) is an unincorporated community in Greene County, Missouri, United States, approximately 15 miles northwest of Springfield. The community is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.

A post office called Bois D'arc has been in operation since 1868.[1] The community was named for an individual osage-orange tree (also known as a bois d'arc) which stood near the original town site.[2]

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37.2564°N -93.5078°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 2 October 2016.
  2. Book: How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named . The State Historical Society of Missouri . Eaton, David Wolfe . 1916 . 170.