Edmonson, Missouri

Edmonson, Missouri
Unincorporated community
Edmonson, Missouri
Coordinates: 38°18′34″N 93°13′27″W / 38.30944°N 93.22417°W / 38.30944; -93.22417Coordinates: 38°18′34″N 93°13′27″W / 38.30944°N 93.22417°W / 38.30944; -93.22417
Country United States
State Missouri
County Benton
Elevation 774 ft (236 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 660
GNIS feature ID 717409[1]

Edmonson is an unincorporated community in Benton County, Missouri, United States. Edmonson is located at the junction of Supplemental Routes H and W 8.2 miles (13.2 km) southeast of Lincoln.[2]

A post office called Edmonson was established in 1886, and remained in operation until 1916.[3] The community has the name of a local familty.[4]

References

  1. "Edmonson". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Benton County General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. 2005. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  4. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 210.


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