Yukon, Missouri

Coordinates: 37°16′23″N 91°50′54″W / 37.27306°N 91.84833°W / 37.27306; -91.84833
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Location of Yukon in Texas County.
Location of Yukon in Texas County.

Yukon (

Route 137, approximately nine miles east of Houston.[2]

A post office called Yukon was established in 1899, and remained in operation until 1998.[3] The community was named after the contemporaneous gold rush in Yukon, Canada.[4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yukon, Missouri
  2. ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  4. ISBN 9780826205865. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help
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37°16′23″N 91°50′54″W / 37.27306°N 91.84833°W / 37.27306; -91.84833


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