Cook Station is an unincorporated community in southwest Crawford County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on the Meramec River, approximately ten miles south of Steelville, along Missouri Route M.[2]
Cook Station had its start in the 1870s when the St. Louis and San Francisco was extended to that point.[3] The community was named after C. C. Cook, a local resident who paid the railroad company in exchange for the naming rights.[3] A post office called Cook Station was established in 1874, and remained in operation until 1998.[4]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cook Station, Missouri
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 47 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ a b "Crawford County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.