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Booth, Missouri

Coordinates: 39°20′33″N 91°13′57″W / 39.3425443°N 91.2323676°W / 39.3425443; -91.2323676
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Booth is an extinct town in Pike County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

A post office called Booth was established in 1884, and remained in operation until 1895.[2] The community has the name of Thomas Booth, a local medical doctor.[3] Inhabited: 1884–1895, Highest pop: 312 (1894). Booth became uninhabited because the entire town found better jobs in different town nearby than Booth Factory which employed 80% of the adults which lived in Booth.

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Booth (historical)
  2. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  3. ^ "Pike County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.

39°20′33″N 91°13′57″W / 39.3425443°N 91.2323676°W / 39.3425443; -91.2323676