Rescue, Missouri

Rescue is a small unincorporated community in western Lawrence County, Missouri, United States.^[1] It lies along Route 96 (formerly U.S. Route 66) approximately eighteen miles east of Carthage.

A post office called Rescue was established in 1897, and remained in operation until 1904.^[2] It is unknown why the name Rescue was applied to this community.^[3]

The community did have a school until 2003, when the Miller R-II School District decided to close what was by then named "Miller West Elementary" due to declining enrollment.

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rescue, Missouri
↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
↑ "Lawrence County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved 27 October 2016.

Municipalities and communities of Lawrence County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Mount Vernon

Cities	Aurora Marionville Miller Monett‡ Mount Vernon Pierce City‡ Stotts City Verona

Villages	Freistatt Halltown Hoberg

Townships	Aurora Buck Prairie Freistatt Green Hoberg Lincoln Mount Pleasant Mount Vernon Ozark Pierce Red Oak Spring River Turnback Vineyard

CDP	Chesapeake

Other unincorporated communities	Albatross Bowers Mill‡ Clarkson Elliott Grays Point Heatonville Lawrenceburg Logan McKinley Minden Olinger Opal Orange Paris Springs Junction Phelps Plew Red Oak Rescue Round Grove Spencer Stinson

Ghost town	Gaither

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 37°11′30″N 93°58′44″W / 37.19167°N 93.97889°W / 37.19167; -93.97889

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