Chapel Hill, Missouri Explained

Chapel Hill is an unincorporated community in southwest Lafayette County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is on Missouri Route Z approximately six miles south of Bates City.^[1]

History

A post office called Chapel Hill was established in 1850, and remained in operation until 1914.^[2] The community took its name from the local Chapel Hill College; the school was destroyed during the Civil War in the 1860s.^[3]

References

38.9175°N -94.0583°W

Notes and References

1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 34
2. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 24 October 2016.
3. Web site: Lafayette County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) . The State Historical Society of Missouri . 24 October 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070827/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_lafayette.html . 24 June 2016 .