Competition, Missouri
Competition is an unincorporated community in southern Laclede County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately seventeen miles southeast of Lebanon. It is on Missouri Route Z about one-half mile north of the Laclede-Wright county line. Lynchburg is approximately seven miles to the east. The Gasconade River flows past one mile to the east.
Competition was originally called "Newburg", and under the latter name, settlement was made in the 1840s. A post office under the town name of Competition was established in 1858, and remained in operation until 1967. A naming competition accounts for the present name.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Competition, Missouri
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 53, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "Laclede County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on October 24, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
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