Vulcan, Missouri

Vulcan
Unincorporated community
Vulcan

Location within the state of Missouri

Coordinates: 37°18′34″N 90°39′45″W / 37.30944°N 90.66250°W / 37.30944; -90.66250Coordinates: 37°18′34″N 90°39′45″W / 37.30944°N 90.66250°W / 37.30944; -90.66250
Country United States
State Missouri
County Iron
Elevation 554 ft (169 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes 63675
GNIS feature ID 728225[1]

Vulcan is an unincorporated community in southern Iron County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Route 49 about twenty miles south of Ironton.

A post office called Vulcan has been in operation since 1895.[2] The community took its name from Vulcan Iron Works.[3]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Vulcan, Missouri
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  3. "Iron County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved 12 October 2016.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/13/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.