Enterprise, Linn County, Missouri Explained

Enterprise is an unincorporated community in northern Linn County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

The community is on a county road approximately one mile south of the Linn-Sullivan county line and four miles east of Browning. Upper tributaries of Long Branch flow past the community.[1]

History

Enterprise was originally called Northcutt, and under the latter name was platted in the late 1850s, and named after B. F. Northcutt, the original owner of the town site.[2] Another variant name was "Rodney". A post office called Northcutt was established in 1858, the name was later changed to Rodney, and the post office closed in 1902.[3]

References

40.0244°N -93.0853°W

Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 22,
  2. Web site: Linn County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070628/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_linn.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri. October 29, 2016.
  3. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 29 October 2016.