Wesco is an unincorporated community in southwest Crawford County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on the Meramec River, approximately eight miles southwest of Steelville.[2]
Wesco was first named Wilson's Mills, after James Wilson, the proprietor of a local mill.[3] A post office called Wilsons Mills was established in 1877, and the name was changed to Wesco in 1907.[4] The present name is a contraction of the Western Electric Supply Company, a telephone utility.[3]
References edit
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wesco, Missouri
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 47 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ a b "Crawford County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
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