Foil, Missouri Explained

Foil is an unincorporated community in northern Ozark County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately sixteen miles south of Ava on county roads 953 and 955. Wasola is about four miles northeast on Missouri Route 5 and Thornfield approximately three miles southwest on Missouri Route JJ. The community is on the banks of Little Creek, a tributary of Little North Fork White River.[1] [2]

A post office called Foil was in operation between 1909 and 1969.[3] It is unknown why the name "Foil" was applied to this community.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Smallett, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, U.S. Geological Survey, 2004
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 63,
  3. Web site: Post Offices . Jim Forte Postal History . 27 November 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210106/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Ozark . 4 March 2016 .
  4. Web site: Ozark County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071830/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_ozark.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri. November 27, 2016.

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