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Dundee, Missouri

Unincorporated community in the American state of Missouri

Dundee is an unincorporated community in northern Franklin County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.^[1] The community is above the Missouri River floodplain on Missouri Route 100 approximately six miles northwest of Washington and five miles east of New Haven.^[2]

History

Dundee was platted in 1857, and named after Dundee, in Scotland, the ancestral home of a first settler.^[3] A post office called Dundee was established in 1857, and remained in operation until 1908.^[4]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dundee, Missouri
^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, Delorme, 1st ed., 1998, pp.39 and 40 ISBN 0899332242
^ "Franklin County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 30, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2016.