Corbin is a former rural community in St. Clair County, in the

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. It was located in Section 8 of Polk Township, about seven miles east of

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.Moser, Arthur Paul
A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets, Past and Present of St. Clair County, Missouri
Retrieved 12 October 2020 The community site was inundated and destroyed with the creation of the

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.Missouri State Archives - Finding Aid (998.492)
p. 23 (discussion of "old white schoolhouse outside of Corbin, MO", numerous references to Bear Creek Cemetery former name of Corbin cemetery) A post office called Corbin was established in 1901, named for Jim Corbin, and remained in operation until 1933.Synhorst, Curtis H
Cultural Resources Project, Harry S. Truman Dam and Reservoir Project, Volume II Historical Resources: Historical Gazetteer and Mitigation Recommendations
US Army Corps of Engineers (1983), p. 54 (notes that Corbin post office was named at Jim Corbin, who established it) The former Corbin Church laying west along former Route 82 from the Corbin post office is now Bear Creek Church, and

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has been realigned to the south. The former Route 82 alignment is now NE 320 Rd. through the former location of Corbin. The road joins modern Route 82 to the east, and ends to the west where the now inundated and wider Weaubleau Creek lies in the Truman Reservoir Management Lands.Truman Reservoir Management Lands (Weaubleau Creek)
Missouri Department of Conservation, Retrieved 27 October 2020

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Ghost towns in Missouri Former populated places in St. Clair County, Missouri {{StClairCountyMO-geo-stub