Folk, Missouri

Unincorporated community in Missouri, United States

Unincorporated community in Missouri, United States

Folk

unincorporated community

Folk

Coordinates: 38°25′18.83″N 92°5′49.4″W﻿ / ﻿38.4218972°N 92.097056°W﻿ / 38.4218972; -92.097056
Country| United States
State| Missouri
County| Osage

Folk is an unincorporated community in northwestern Osage County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located approximately ten miles southeast of Jefferson City.

It is on county road 505 one-quarter mile west of Route 133 and approximately five miles west of Westphalia. The Osage River flows past one mile west of the site.[2]

A post office called Folk was established in 1905, and remained in operation until 1964.[3] The community was named for former governor Joseph W. Folk.[4]

## References

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1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Folk
2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p.38, ISBN 0899332242
3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on November 27, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
4. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 337.

38°25′17″N 92°05′53″W﻿ / ﻿38.42139°N 92.09806°W﻿ / 38.42139; -92.09806

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Municipalities and communities of Osage County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Linn

Cities|

* Belle‡
* Bland‡
* Chamois
* Linn
* Meta
* Westphalia

Map of Missouri highlighting Osage County

Villages|

* Argyle‡
* Freeburg

Townships|

* Benton
* Crawford
* Jackson
* Jefferson
* Linn
* Washington

Unincorporated
communities|

* Aud
* Babbtown
* Bonnots Mill
* Byron
* Cooper Hill
* Crook
* Deer
* Folk
* Frankenstein
* Freedom
* Hope
* Judge
* Koeltztown
* Koenig
* Loose Creek
* Luystown
* Mint Hill
* Potts
* Rich Fountain
* Saint Aubert

Ghost towns|

* Castle Rock
* Dingley
* Feuersville
* Gascondy
* Lisletown
* Ryors

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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