Junland, Missouri
Unincorporated community in Missouri, United States
36°46′07″N 90°16′51″W / 36.76861°N 90.28083°W / 36.76861; -90.28083Junland is an unincorporated community in Butler County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]
The community is at the junction of Missouri routes B (old Route 60) and Z five miles east of Poplar Bluff. It was a station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad.[2]
The shortening and alteration of "jungleland" was descriptive of the condition of the original town site.[3]
On January 29, 2013, an EF2 tornado struck Junland. A small, older, poorly constructed home was leveled, a mobile home was destroyed, and a couple of small structures were blown over. Many trees were snapped along the path.[4]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Junland, Missouri
- ^ Poplar Bluff, MO, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1935 (1950 rev.)
- ^ "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.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Missouri Event Report: EF2 Tornado (Report). National Centers for Environmental Information. 2013. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
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Municipalities and communities of Butler County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Poplar Bluff
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