Boss, Missouri
Unincorporated community in Missouri, United States
37°38′35″N 91°11′21″W / 37.64306°N 91.18917°W / 37.64306; -91.18917Boss is an unincorporated rural hamlet in eastern Dent County, Missouri.[1] It is approximately 18 miles east of Salem along Route 32.
The community is named after the nickname of Marion "Boss" Nelson, a lumberman supervisor.[2] A post office at Boss has been in operation since 1901.[3] There is also a residential hotel.
Notes
- ^ a b "Boss, Missouri". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Dent County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
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