Dundee, Missouri

Dundee is an unincorporated community in northern Franklin County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is above the Missouri River floodplain on Missouri Route 100 approximately six miles northwest of Washington and five miles east of New Haven.[2]

History

Dundee was platted in 1857, and named after Dundee, in Scotland, the ancestral home of a first settler.[3] A post office called Dundee was established in 1857, and remained in operation until 1908.[4]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dundee, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, Delorme, 1st ed., 1998, pp.39 and 40 ISBN 0899332242
  3. "Franklin County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2016.



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