Day is an unincorporated community in Taney County, in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. [1] Day is located in the northwest part of the county, just south of the Taney- Christian county line on Missouri Route 176 and approximately one mile west of U.S. Route 65. [2]
History
A post office called Day was established in 1889, and remained in operation until 1957. [3] Captain Madison Day, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name. [4]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Day, Missouri
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 62, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
- ^ "Taney County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
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