Wesco is an

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in southwest Crawford County,

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, United States. It is located on the

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, approximately eight miles southwest of Steelville. Wesco was first named Wilson's Mills, after James Wilson, the proprietor of a local mill. A post office called Wilsons Mills was established in 1877, and the name was changed to Wesco in 1907. The present name is a contraction of the Western Electric Supply Company, a telephone utility.

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Unincorporated communities in Crawford County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{CrawfordCountyMO-geo-stub