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Caddo, Missouri

Coordinates: 37°20′31″N 93°02′50″W / 37.34194°N 93.04722°W / 37.34194; -93.04722
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Caddo is an unincorporated community in western Webster County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] Caddo is located on Missouri Route J, approximately six miles west of Marshfield. The Pomme de Terre River is just west of the site.[2]

History

A post office called Caddo was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1906.[3] The community was named after the Caddo Indians, perhaps via another town of the same name in the Southern or Western United States.[4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Caddo, Missouri
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 52, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Webster County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2017.

37°20′31″N 93°02′50″W / 37.34194°N 93.04722°W / 37.34194; -93.04722