Mecca, Missouri
Mecca is an extinct hamlet in Clinton County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The site has since been submerged by Smithville Lake.
History
[edit]A post office called Mecca was established in 1898, and remained in operation until 1912.[2] The name possibly is a transfer from Mecca, a holy city in Islam.[3] The populated as about 25 in the early 20th Century.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mecca, Missouri
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ "Clinton County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Williams, Walter (1915). A History of Northwest Missouri Volume I. The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 439.
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39°29′03″N 94°31′23″W / 39.48417°N 94.52306°W
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