College Mound, Missouri
Encyclopedia
College Mound is an unincorporated community
in southwestern Macon County
, Missouri
, United States
. It was settled in 1853 and later incorporated, but has since been disincorporated. It was named for a college located there It formerly had a post office, but that has closed and mail now comes from Excello
. As said by the
Encyclopedia of the history of Missouri, the town had been home to McGee College, a private college, founded on October 10, 1854. Also known by a bank card found on eBay, College Mound had a bank around 1926, known as the College Mound Security Bank. College Mound, before the Civil War, had around 1,000 people living in the area. There is now a helicopter pad between the old boarding house and the cemetery. As well, the old white school has become the community center. The town also has its own fire station which is also used for Bevier, a neighboring town. The Church of God was once used as a orphanage.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in southwestern Macon County
Macon County, Missouri
Macon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2010, the population was 15,566. Its county seat is Macon. The county was organized in 1837 and named for Nathaniel Macon, a North Carolina politician...
, Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
, United States
United States
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. It was settled in 1853 and later incorporated, but has since been disincorporated. It was named for a college located there It formerly had a post office, but that has closed and mail now comes from Excello
Excello, Missouri
Excello is an unincorporated community in southern Macon County, Missouri, United States. It is located about fifteen miles north of Moberly on U.S. Route 63....
. As said by the
Encyclopedia of the history of Missouri, the town had been home to McGee College, a private college, founded on October 10, 1854. Also known by a bank card found on eBay, College Mound had a bank around 1926, known as the College Mound Security Bank. College Mound, before the Civil War, had around 1,000 people living in the area. There is now a helicopter pad between the old boarding house and the cemetery. As well, the old white school has become the community center. The town also has its own fire station which is also used for Bevier, a neighboring town. The Church of God was once used as a orphanage.