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Booth, Missouri
Booth is an extinct town in Pike County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border .... A post office called Booth was established in 1884, and remained in operation until 1895. The community has the name of Thomas Booth, a local medical doctor. Inhabited: 1884–1895, Highest pop: 312 (1894). Booth became uninhabited because the entire town found better jobs in different town nearby than Booth Factory which employed 80% of the adults which lived in Booth. References Ghost towns in Missouri Former populated places in Pike County, Missouri {{PikeCountyMO-geo-stub ...
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Pike County, Missouri
Pike County is a County (United States), county on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Missouri, bounded by the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 17,587. Its county seat is Bowling Green, Missouri, Bowling Green. Its namesake was a city in middle Kentucky, a region from where many early migrants came. The county was organized December 14, 1818, and named for explorer Zebulon Pike. The folksong "Sweet Betsy from Pike" is generally thought to be associated with Pike County, Missouri. Pike County is said to be the home of Momo the Monster, Momo (The Missouri Monster). The first reported sightings in the 1970s were traced to various locations throughout the county. History The first settler other than native americans was William Spencer in 1799. Spencer came for a salt spring now known as Spencer Lick to start a salt manufacturing business. The salt was made to be shipped to St. Louis, a new but growing town at the time. Sp ...
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Missouri
Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it borders Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska to the west. In the south are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals, and recreation. At 1.5 billion years old, the St. Francois Mountains are among the oldest in the world. The Missouri River, after which the state is named, flows through the center and into the Mississippi River, which makes up the eastern border. With over six million residents, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 19th-most populous state of the country. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City, Springfield, Missouri, Springfield, and Columbia, Missouri, Columbia. The Cap ...
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Booth Factory
Booth may refer to: People * Booth (surname) * Booth (given name) Fictional characters * August Wayne Booth, from the television series ''Once Upon A Time'' *Cliff Booth, a character in the 2019 film ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'', played by Brad Pitt * Frank Booth (''Blue Velvet''), villain of the 1986 film, played by Dennis Hopper *Missy Booth, a character on the television series ''Ackley Bridge'', played by Poppy Lee Friar *Seeley Booth, a character on the television series ''Bones'', played by David Boreanaz Places Antarctica * Mount Booth * Booth Spur * Booth Island Canada * Booth Island (Nunavut) England * Booth, East Riding of Yorkshire, a small village * Booth Park, a cricket ground in Toft, Cheshire United States * Booth, Alabama, an unincorporated community * Booth, Missouri, a ghost town * Booth, Texas, an unincorporated community * Booth Farm, Pennsylvania, on the National Register of Historic Places * Booth Homestead, Ohio, on the National Register of ...
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Ghost Towns In Missouri
In folklore, a ghost is the soul or Spirit (supernatural entity), spirit of a dead Human, person or non-human animal that is believed by some people to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes to realistic, lifelike forms. The deliberate attempt to contact the spirit of a deceased person is known as necromancy, or in Kardecist spiritism, spiritism as a ''séance''. Other terms associated with it are apparition, haunt, haint, phantom, poltergeist, Shade (mythology), shade, specter, spirit, spook, wraith, demon, and ghoul. The belief in the existence of an afterlife, as well as manifestations of the spirits of the dead, is widespread, dating back to animism or ancestor worship in pre-literate cultures. Certain religious practices—funeral rites, exorcisms, and some practices of Spiritualism (beliefs), spiritualism and ritual magic—are specifically designed to re ...
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