Laflin, Missouri Explained

Official Name:Laflin, Missouri
Settlement Type:unincorporated community
Mapsize:250x200px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Bollinger
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Lorance
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation M:122
Elevation Ft:400
Coordinates:37.2769°N -89.8883°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Area Code:573
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID 720737

Laflin is an unincorporated community in the southeastern part of Lorance Township in Bollinger County, Missouri, United States. The community is on the Crooked Creek floodplain at the end of Missouri Route U. Marble Hill is approximately 4.5 miles to the northwest.[1]

History

The community was named after Sylvester M. Laflin, who was then a director of the Belmont Branch of the St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad.[2] The community was an important shipping-point for railroad timber.[3] A post office was in operation between 1871–1954.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 58,
  2. State Historical Society of Missouri: Bollinger County Place Names, 1928-1945 http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_bollinger.html
  3. A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Bollinger County, Missouri Web site: A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets of Missouri . 2013-12-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029184859/http://thelibrary.org/lochist/moser/bollinpl.html . 2013-10-29 .
  4. Post Offices in Bollinger County, MO Web site: Bollinger . 2013-12-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191155/http://www.missouripostalhistory.org/bo017ml.htm . 2013-10-29 .