McGirk, Missouri explained

McGirk is an unincorporated community in eastern Moniteau County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately five miles east of California on old U.S. Route 50.

A post office called McGirk has been in operation since 1881.[1] The community has the name of the local McGirk family.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . November 10, 2016.
  2. Book: How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named . The State Historical Society of Missouri . Eaton, David Wolfe . 1917 . 333.
  3. Web site: Moniteau County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071155/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_moniteau.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri. November 10, 2016.

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