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Blooming Rose, Missouri

Coordinates: 37°36′46″N 91°58′22″W / 37.61278°N 91.97278°W / 37.61278; -91.97278
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Blooming Rose is an unincorporated community in the southwest corner of Phelps County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is on Missouri Route K between Beulah to the east and Duke to the north. Licking is approximately nine miles (14 km) to the southeast, in Texas County.[2]

History

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Blooming Rose was named for a bed of wild roses near the original town site.[3] The Blooming Rose post office closed in 1955.[4]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blooming Rose, Missouri
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Phelps County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  4. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 5, 2016.

37°36′46″N 91°58′22″W / 37.61278°N 91.97278°W / 37.61278; -91.97278