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]
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]