Laflin, Missouri
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| Laflin, Missouri | |
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| unincorporated community | |
 Location of Bollinger County, Missouri |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Bollinger |
| Township | Lorance |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 573 |
Laflin is an unincorporated community in the southeastern part of Lorance Township in Bollinger County, Missouri. The community was named after Sylvester M. Laflin, who was then a director of the Belmont Branch of the St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad.[1] The community was an important shipping-point for railroad timber.[2] A post office was in operation between 1871-1954.[3]
References
- ↑ State Historical Society of Missouri: Bollinger County Place Names, 1928-1945 http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_bollinger.html
- ↑ A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Bollinger County, Missouri http://thelibrary.org/lochist/moser/bollinpl.html
- ↑ Post Offices in Bollinger County, MO http://www.missouripostalhistory.org/bo017ml.htm
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