Enterprise, Linn County, Missouri
Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.
Enterprise is an unincorporated community in northern Linn County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]
The community is on a county road approximately one mile south of the Linn-Sullivan county line and four miles east of Browning. Upper tributaries of Long Branch flow past the community.[2]
History
Enterprise was originally called Northcutt, and under the latter name was platted in the late 1850s, and named after B. F. Northcutt, the original owner of the town site.[3] Another variant name was "Rodney".[1] A post office called Northcutt was established in 1858, the name was later changed to Rodney, and the post office closed in 1902.[4]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Enterprise
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 22, ISBN 0899332242
- ^ "Linn County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
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Municipalities and communities of Linn County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Linneus
- Brookfield
- Browning‡
- Bucklin
- Laclede
- Linneus
- Marceline‡
- Meadville
- Purdin
- Baker
- Benton
- Brookfield
- Bucklin
- Clay
- Enterprise
- Grantsville
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Locust Creek
- Marceline
- North Salem
- Parson Creek
- Yellow Creek
communities
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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40°01′28″N 93°05′07″W / 40.02444°N 93.08528°W / 40.02444; -93.08528
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