Dockery, Missouri Explained

Dockery is an unincorporated community in Ray County, in the U.S. state of Missouri and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.

The community is on Missouri Route 13 approximately five miles north-northeast of Richmond. Crooked River flows past the south side of the community.[1]

History

A post office called Dockery was established in 1888, and remained in operation until 1904.[2] The community has the name of Alexander Monroe Dockery, a state legislator and afterward 30th Governor of Missouri.[3]

References

39.3611°N -93.9886°W

Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 28
  2. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 12 December 2016.
  3. Web site: Ray County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070717/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_ray.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri. December 12, 2016.

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