Arab, Missouri
Coordinates: 37°05′37″N 90°04′36″W / 37.09361°N 90.07667°W
Arab is an unincorporated community in southern Bollinger County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located approximately four miles south of Zalma and 16 miles north of Puxico, at the intersection of Missouri Route 51 with routes C and P. Dexter lies about twenty miles to the south-suotheast.[2] The community was founded in 1908 and receives its name from the city of Arab, Alabama.
Arab was originally located in Wayne County; in 1943, the post office and community were moved four miles away to extreme southern Bollinger County.[3]
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- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Arab, Missouri
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, First edition, 1998, p. 57 ISBN 0899332242
- ^ RAMSAY PLACE NAMES FILE / WAYNE COUNTY
- Corbin, Paul, Reflections From Missouri Mud, Concord Publishing House, Inc., Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 2002.
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