Chapel Hill is an unincorporated community in southwest Lafayette County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is on Missouri Route Z approximately six miles south of Bates City.[2]
History
A post office called Chapel Hill was established in 1850, and remained in operation until 1914.[3] The community took its name from the local Chapel Hill College; the school was destroyed during the Civil War in the 1860s.[4]
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chapel Hill, Missouri
- ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 34 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Lafayette County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
38°55′03″N 94°03′30″W / 38.91750°N 94.05833°W
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