Possum Walk, Missouri Explained

Possum Walk is an unincorporated community in northwest Nodaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

The community is on the west side of the Nodaway River floodplain two miles southeast of the community of Elmo. Burlington Junction is approximately 3.5 miles to the southeast and Clearmont is three miles to the east-northeast.[1]

Possum Walk is an invented name.[2] A variant name was "LaMar Station after the LaMar family that operated the Possum Walk Hotel that is now a national landmark.".

References

40.4944°N -95.0844°W

Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 15,
  2. Web site: Nodaway County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070319/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_nodaway.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri. November 24, 2016.