Bois D'Arc, Missouri
Bois D'Arc (locally /ˈboʊdɑːrk/ BOH-dark, French: [bwɑ daʁk]) is an unincorporated community in Greene County, Missouri, United States, approximately fifteen miles northwest of Springfield. The community is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.
A post office called Bois D'arc has been in operation since 1868.[1] The community was named for an individual osage-orange tree (also known as a bois d'arc) which stood near the original town site.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 170.
Coordinates: 37°15′23″N 93°30′28″W / 37.25639°N 93.50778°W
Categories:
- Populated places established in 1881
- Unincorporated communities in Greene County, Missouri
- Springfield metropolitan area, Missouri
- Unincorporated communities in Missouri
- 1881 establishments in Missouri
- Southwest Missouri geography stubs