Vulcan is an
unincorporated community
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in southern
Iron County Iron County is the name of four counties in the United States:
*Iron County, Michigan
*Iron County, Missouri
*Iron County, Utah
*Iron County, Wisconsin
Iron County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, t ...
,
Missouri
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, United States. It is located on
Missouri Route 49
Route 49 is a highway in eastern Missouri. Its northern terminus is at Route 19 in Cherryville; is southern terminus is at U.S. Route 67 five miles (8 km) east of Williamsville.
The highway runs through the eastern part of the Ozarks and ...
between
Des Arc two miles to the south and
Annapolis
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3.5 miles to the north.
Ironton is approximately twenty miles north. The community is in the
Big Creek valley.
A post office called Vulcan has been in operation since 1895. The community took its name from Vulcan Iron Works.
References
Unincorporated communities in Iron County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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