McCracken is an unincorporated community in Christian County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is about 3.3 miles east of Ozark, Missouri. [2]
The McCracken area got rail service when a subsidiary of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (Frisco) extended a line from Ozark, Missouri to Chadwick, Missouri, in the Spring of 1883. [3] A post office called McCracken was established in 1896, and remained in operation until 1932. [4] The community was named after Samuel McCracken, a local merchant. [5] McCracken in the 1890's was a thriving community with a general mercantile store, a blacksmith shop, several other business establishments, and even a mobile photography studio parked on the rail siding offering portrait pictures at $3/dozen. [3] But passenger service on the Frisco line was discontinued in March 1933, [6] and in 1934 the line from Ozark to Chadwick was abandoned entirely. [3]
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