Winthrop 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 southwest
Buchanan County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
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.
The community is just east of the
Missouri River and
Atchison, Kansas
Atchison is a city and county seat of Atchison County, Kansas, United States, along the Missouri River. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 10,885. The city is named in honor of US Senator David Rice Atchison from Missouri an ...
on
US Route 59
U.S. Route 59 (US 59) is a north–south United States highway (though it was signed east–west in parts of Texas). A latecomer to the U.S. numbered route system, US 59 is now a border-to-border route, part of the NAFTA Corridor Highway Sy ...
and Missouri routes
45 and
273.
Rushville is approximately 4.5 miles northeast on US Route 59 and
Lewis and Clark Village adjacent to the
Louis and Clark State Park and lake is 3.5 miles southeast.
History
An variant name was "East Atchison".
[ A post office called Winthrop was established in 1861, the name was changed to East Atchison in 1878, and the post office closed in 1923. The present name is after ]John Winthrop
John Winthrop (January 12, 1587/88 – March 26, 1649) was an English Puritan lawyer and one of the leading figures in founding the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the second major settlement in New England following Plymouth Colony. Winthrop led t ...
(1587–1649), second governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and an English Puritan leader.
References
Unincorporated communities in Buchanan County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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