Daugherty is a populated place in central Cass County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is on Missouri Route 7 five miles southeast of Harrisonville and approximately 5.5 miles northwest of Garden City.[2] The site is at an elevation of 892 feet[1] and just west of Eight Mile Creek.[2]
History
editDaugherty was platted in 1885, and named after James Daugherty, one of the founders.[3] A variant name was "Eight Mile".[1] A post office called Eight Mile was established in 1877, and remained in operation until 1935.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Daugherty, Missouri
- ^ a b Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed. 1998, p. 34 ISBN 0899332242
- ^ "Cass County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
38°36′13″N 94°16′54″W / 38.60361°N 94.28167°W
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