Laflin 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 the southeastern part of
Lorance Township in
Bollinger County
Bollinger County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 10,567. The county seat is Marble Hill. The county was officially organized in 1851.
Bollinger Co ...
,
Missouri
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, United States. The community is on the
Crooked Creek Crooked Creek may refer to:
Streams In Australia
* Crooked Creek (Clyde River), a tributary of the Clyde River in New South Wales
* Crooked Creek (Walsh River), a tributary of the Walsh River in Queensland
In the United States
* Crooked Cree ...
floodplain at the end of
Missouri Route U.
Marble Hill is approximately 4.5 miles to the northwest.
[''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 58, ]
History
The community was named after Sylvester M. Laflin, who was then a director of the Belmont Branch of the
St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad. The community was an important shipping-point for railroad timber.
A post office was in operation between 1871–1954.
[Post Offices in Bollinger County, MO ]
References
Unincorporated communities in Bollinger County, Missouri
Cape Girardeau–Jackson metropolitan area
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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