Nile, Missouri

Unincorporated community in the American state of Missouri

Nile is an unincorporated community in eastern Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.^[1] The community is situated on the floodplain of Big Creek, approximately one mile west of the Texas-Shannon county line.^[2] The old Nile Schoolhouse was about one mile east (upstream) and on the opposite side of the river across a stream ford.^[3]

History

A post office called Nile was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1914.^[4] The community once contained Nile Schoolhouse.^[5] The riverside community's name most likely is an allusion to the Nile, in Egypt.^[6]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nile
^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 55, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
^ Hartshorn, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1951 (1985 rev.)
^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nile School
^ "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.