Sank, Missouri Explained

Official Name:Sank, 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:Liberty
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:397
Coordinates:37.1717°N -90.0136°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Area Code:573
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:741240

Sank is an unincorporated community in the south-central part of Liberty Township in Bollinger County, Missouri, United States. The community is accessed via a county road, one mile north of Missouri Route 51. The confluence of Clubb and Hawker creeks lies just to the southwest of the location and the Sank State Wildlife Area is located along the south side of Route 51 and Hawker Creek.[1] Zalma lies four miles to the southwest and Dongola is three miles east. Marble Hill is about nine miles to the north-northeast along Route 51.[2]

History

Sank's name was bestowed by Jasper Cooper, who owned a store there and had applied for a post office in 1915. In choosing the post office's and community's name, he decided on the name Sank because it was the nickname of a friend and prominent man in the community, "Sank" Fowler.[3] [4] The post office was in operation between 1912–1920, and 1925–1954.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Zalma, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1963 (1985 rev.)
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 57,
  3. http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_bollinger.html State Historical Society of Missouri: Bollinger County Place Names, 1928-1945
  4. http://thelibrary.org/lochist/moser/bollinpl.html A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Bollinger County, Missouri
  5. 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 .