Taylor is an
unincorporated community
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in northeastern
Marion County,
Missouri
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, United States. Taylor is located at the northern junction of
U.S. Routes 24 and
61, approximately five miles west of
Quincy, Illinois and eight miles north of
Palmyra
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. The community is part of the
Hannibal Micropolitan Statistical Area.
A post office called Taylor has been in operation since 1873. The community was named after Captain John Taylor, the proprietor of a local
mill
Mill may refer to:
Science and technology
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* Mill (grinding)
* Milling (machining)
* Millwork
* Textile mill
* Steel mill, a factory for the manufacture of steel
* List of types of mill
* Mill, the arithmetic unit of the Analytical Engine early ...
.
References
Unincorporated communities in Marion County, Missouri
Hannibal, Missouri micropolitan area
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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