Prohibition City, Missouri

Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.

Prohibition City is an unincorporated community in Worth County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] In 1943 the Smithton School was adjacent to Missouri Route YY (at the time U. S. Route 169) approximately 1.5 miles northeast of Worth.[2]

## History

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An early variant name was "Smithton".[1] A settlement called Smithton served as county seat, but the town's population dwindled after the seat was removed to Grant City.[3] A post office called Smithton was established in 1861, and closed in 1870; the post office reopened as Prohibition City in 1877, and was discontinued in 1881.[4] A first settler's advocacy of prohibition politics caused the most recent name to be selected.[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Prohibition City
2. ^ Grant City, MO, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1943
3. ^ a b "Worth County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
4. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 3, 2017.

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Municipalities and communities of Worth County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Grant City

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* Allendale
* Grant City
* Sheridan

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* Allen
* Fletchall
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* Smith
* Union

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* Defiance
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* Oxford
* Prohibition City

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