Conception is a
census-designated place in eastern
Nodaway County,
Missouri, United States. It is located about southeast of
Maryville on
U.S. Route 136. It is very near
Conception Junction (which was the rail intersection). Conception is home to
Conception Abbey.
Demographics
History
Conception was built up chiefly by Irish Catholics. The community was named for the Catholic dogma of
Immaculate Conception. A post office called Conception has been in operation since 1864. Conception has frequently been noted on lists of
unusual place names
Unusual place names are names for cities, towns, and other regions which are considered non-ordinary in some manner. This can include place names which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous or highly charged words, as well as place ...
.
References
Census-designated places in Nodaway County, Missouri
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