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Mincy,_Missouri Latitude and Longitude:

36°33′51″N 93°06′37″W / 36.56417°N 93.11028°W / 36.56417; -93.11028
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Mincy is an unincorporated community in south-central Taney County, in the Ozarks of southern Missouri, United States. [1] Mincy is located approximately four miles north of the Missouri- Arkansas border and near the upper end of Bull Shoals Lake of the White River. [2] Mincy is the namesake for the Drury-Mincy Conservation Area to the south and east. [3]

History

A post office called Mincy was established in 1870, and remained in operation until 1955. [4] The community has the name of the local Mincy family. [5]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mincy, Missouri
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 62, ISBN  0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ The Drury-Mincy Conservation Area, Missouri Department of Conservation
  4. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  5. ^ "Taney County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.

36°33′51″N 93°06′37″W / 36.56417°N 93.11028°W / 36.56417; -93.11028