Boss, Missouri

Boss, Missouri
Unincorporated community
Boss, Missouri
Coordinates: 37°38′35″N 91°11′21″W / 37.64306°N 91.18917°W / 37.64306; -91.18917Coordinates: 37°38′35″N 91°11′21″W / 37.64306°N 91.18917°W / 37.64306; -91.18917
Country United States
State Missouri
County Dent
Elevation 1,122 ft (342 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 573
GNIS feature ID 748967[1]

Boss is an unincorporated community in eastern Dent County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located about 18 miles east of Salem on Route 32.

A post office called Boss has been in operation since 1901.[2] The community has the nickname of Marion "Boss" Nelson, a lumberman supervisor.[3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Boss, Missouri". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  3. "Dent County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.


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