Newmarket (also spelled New Market) is a ghost town in
Marion County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
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.
Newmarket was
plat
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ted in 1836, and most likely was named after another place with the same name, although folk etymology maintains the community took its name from the second store (or "new market") established at the town site.
References
Unincorporated communities in Marion County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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