Yukon (/jˈkɒn/) is an unincorporated community in eastern Texas County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located at the junction of Route 17 and Route 137, approximately nine miles east of Houston.[2]

Location of Yukon in Texas County.
Location of Yukon in Texas County.

A post office called Yukon was established in 1899, and remained in operation until 1998.[3] The community was named after the contemporaneous gold rush in Yukon, Canada.[4]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yukon, Missouri
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  4. ^ Ramsay, Robert L. (1952). Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names. University of Missouri Press. p. 26. ISBN 9780826205865.

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