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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Starfield, Missouri

Starfield is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Township in western Clinton County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is on Missouri Route K and Castile Creek. The city of Gower is 4.5 miles to the southwest and Plattsburg is 6.5 miles to the southeast. Northwest Starfield Road bears its namesake.

History

The Starfield post office closed in 1914. The origin of the name Starfield is uncertain.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Starfield, Missouri
  2. ^ Hemple Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1971 (1973 rev.)
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  4. ^ "Clinton County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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