Tulip, Missouri Explained

Tulip is an unincorporated community in northwest Audrain and southwest Monroe counties, in the U.S. state of Missouri.The community is on Monroe county road 92. Long Branch flows past approximately one mile west and north of the site. Moberly is approximately 15 miles to the north-northwest in Randolph County and Centralia is eight miles south in northeast Boone County, Missouri.^[1]

History

A post office was established at Tulip in 1879, and remained in operation until 1907.^[2] The community was so named by a settler who was fond of tulips.^[3]

References

39.3428°N -92.1572°W

Notes and References

1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 31,
2. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 10 November 2016.
3. Web site: Monroe County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070849/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_monroe.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri. November 10, 2016.