Stanton, Missouri

Stanton is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Missouri, United States.^[1] It lies on Interstate 44 at the junction with Missouri Supplemental Route W. Prior to Interstate 44, it was an important town on U.S. Route 66 due to the nearby Meramec Caverns very prominently advertised up and down the highway on barns.

A post office called Stanton has been in operation since 1857.^[2] The community took its name from the nearby Stanton copper mines.^[3]

References

Stanton Post Office, 63079

Municipalities and communities of Franklin County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Union

Cities	Berger Gerald New Haven Pacific‡ Saint Clair Sullivan‡ Union Washington

Villages	Charmwood Leslie Miramiguoa Park Oak Grove Village Parkway

Townships	Boeuf Boles Boone Calvey Central Lyon Meramec New Haven Prairie St. Johns Union Washington

CDPs	Gray Summit Villa Ridge

Other unincorporated communities	Anaconda Beaufort Beemont Boles Campbellton Catawissa Champion City Clover Bottom Dissen Dundee Elmont Etlah Gildehouse Hemker Huff Jaegers Shop Japan Jeffriesburg Kiel Kohl City Krakow Labadie Lonedell Luebbering Lyon Maupin Monday Moselle Mount Hope Neier Noser Mill Oetters Port Hudson Robertsville St. Albans Spring Bluff Stanton Strain

Ghost towns	Boone Calvey Casco George Senate Grove Walbert

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

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