Couch, Missouri

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Couch Public School

Couch is a small, unincorporated community in Oregon County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located six miles south of Alton on Missouri Route A.[2]

History[]

A post office called Couch has been in operation since 1887.[3] The community has the name of George W. Couch, a first settler.[4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Couch, Missouri
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gasetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 65 ISBN 0899332242
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  4. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 337.
  5. ^ "Oregon County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.

Coordinates: 36°36′22″N 91°22′59″W / 36.60611°N 91.38306°W / 36.60611; -91.38306


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