Folk is an unincorporated community in northwestern Osage County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located approximately ten miles southeast of Jefferson City.
It is on county road 505 one-quarter mile west of Route 133 and approximately five miles west of Westphalia. The Osage River flows past one mile west of the site.[2]
A post office called Folk was established in 1905, and remained in operation until 1964.[3] The community was named for former governor Joseph W. Folk.[4]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Folk
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p.38, ISBN 0899332242
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on November 27, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
- ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 337.
38°25′17″N 92°05′53″W / 38.42139°N 92.09806°W
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