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Strafford was laid out in 1870 when the railroad was extended to that point, and named after an original owner of the site. [5] A post office called Strafford has been in operation since 1870. [6] According to Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Strafford is the only town in the United States with two main streets and no back alleys. The road to the ...
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of March 13, 2009 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
Pierson Creek or Pearson Creek is a stream in southeastern Greene County in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri. [1] The stream is a tributary of the James River.. The source area for the stream is about two miles west of Strafford and the stream flows south passing under I-44 then turns to the southwest.
Other growing districts in the area are located in the cities of Ozark, Republic, Strafford, and Marshfield. Private schools in the area include the Greenwood Laboratory School in Springfield, located on the Missouri State campus, and the Summit Preparatory School, located near James River Freeway in Chesterfield Village.
The initial Wonders of Wildlife museum was the result of an intensive lobbying campaign by and financial support from Johnny Morris. He campaigned for a ballot initiative that funded a portion of the $52 million cost of building the original museum and the creation of a museum district to oversee the planning, design, and construction of the museum. [4]
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Nogo (also Mulroy) is a former town in Greene County, Missouri, United States, [1] on old U.S. Route 66.The site is now completely inside the city of Strafford.. The name derived from the inability to name the town and someone made the comment that it was "a no-go."
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