Alanthus Grove is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in northwest
Gentry County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
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.
The community is on
Missouri Route B
A supplemental route is a state secondary road in the U.S. state of Missouri, designated with letters. Supplemental routes were various roads within the state which the Missouri Department of Transportation was given in 1952 to maintain in additio ...
approximately six miles north of
Stanberry. The
Grand River flows past one-half mile to the east.
[''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 20, ]
History
A post office called Alanthus Grove was established in 1855, and remained in operation until 1906. The community most likely was named for a grove of
ailanthus
''Ailanthus'' (; derived from ''ailanto,'' an Ambonese word probably meaning "tree of the gods" or "tree of heaven") is a genus of trees belonging to the family Simaroubaceae, in the order Sapindales (formerly Rutales or Geraniales). The genus ...
trees near the original town site.
References
Unincorporated communities in Gentry County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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