Loughboro 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 St. Francois County, in the U.S. state of

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. The community is located on the

St. Francis River The St. Francis River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, about long, in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas in the United States. The river drains a mostly rural area and forms part of the Missouri-Arkansas state line along the ...

floodplain along

Missouri Route B A supplemental route is a state secondary road in the U.S. state of Missouri, designated with letters. Supplemental routes were various roads within the state which the Missouri Department of Transportation was given in 1952 to maintain in additio ...

. Elvins is approximately four miles to the north and Doe Run is about three miles to the south-southeast.''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 48-9,

History

A post office called Loughboro was established in 1870, and remained in operation until 1904. A variant spelling was "Loughborough". The community most likely takes its name from Loughborough, England.

References

Unincorporated communities in St. Francois County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{StFrancoisCountyMO-geo-stub