Stringtown, Butler County, Missouri
Stringtown is an unincorporated community in Butler County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
The community is on Missouri Route M one mile east of Beaverdam Creek.
According to tradition, Stringtown was named for the "string" or line of customers to a local bootleg liquor outlet.
On April 3, 2014, an F0 tornado struck Stringtown. A mobile home had about half of its roof removed and a few tree limbs were broken.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stringtown, Butler County, Missouri
- ^ Stringtown, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1980
- ^ "Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Missouri Event Report: EF0 Tornado (Report). National Climatic Data Center. 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
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