Coulstone
Unincorporated community
Coulstone is located in Missouri
Coulstone
Coulstone
Coordinates: 37°31′22″N 91°45′05″W / 37.52278°N 91.75139°W / 37.52278; -91.75139
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyDent County
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)

Coulstone is an unincorporated community in western Dent County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

The community is on Missouri Route 32 adjacent to the Dent-Texas county line. Licking is 5.5 miles to the west and Salem is approximately 14 miles to the northeast along route 32. Pigeon Creek flows past the community.[2]

History

A post office called Coulstone was in operation between 1888 and 1945.[3] The community has the name of W. R. E. Coulstone, a local storekeeper.[4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coulstone, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Dent County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)



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