populated place
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U.S. state
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of
Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
. The community is on
Missouri Route 7
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five miles southeast of
Harrisonville
Harrisonville is a town in Cass County, Missouri, United States. The population was 10,121 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Cass
County. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
History
Harrisonville was founded in 1837 up ...
and approximately 5.5 miles northwest of Garden City.''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1st ed. 1998, p. 34 The site is at an elevation of 892 feet and just west of Eight Mile Creek.
History
Daugherty was
plat
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ted in 1885, and named after James Daugherty, one of the founders. A variant name was "Eight Mile". A post office called Eight Mile was established in 1877, and remained in operation until 1935.