Yucatan, Missouri

Yucatan, Missouri
Unincorporated community
Yucatan, Missouri
Coordinates: 38°51′16″N 91°45′02″W / 38.85444°N 91.75056°W / 38.85444; -91.75056Coordinates: 38°51′16″N 91°45′02″W / 38.85444°N 91.75056°W / 38.85444; -91.75056
Country United States
State Missouri
County Callaway
Elevation 817 ft (249 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 573
GNIS feature ID 741377[1]

Yucatan is an unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri, United States.[1]

A post office called Yucatan was established in 1892, and remained in operation until 1908.[2] The community was named after the nearby Yucatan Baptist Church.[3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Yucatan, Missouri". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  3. "Callaway County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved 7 September 2016.


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