Faith 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 southern
Miller County, in the
U.S. state of
Missouri
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. It is located approximately six miles southwest of
Iberia
The Iberian Peninsula (),
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* Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica''
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* french: Péninsule Ibérique
* mwl, Península Eibérica
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near the headwaters of
Barren Fork.
History
A general store, trading post, mill, blacksmith, school and church were established just after the American Civil War by James Milton Wall and his wife Mildred James. They named the community Faith, which later grew into a town. Wall, called "Black Jim" because of his dark features, left Montgomery, Virginia to "go west".
A post office called Faith was established in 1900, and remained in operation until 1907.
References
Unincorporated communities in Miller County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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