Arab is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in southern
Bollinger County
Bollinger County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 10,567. The county seat, largest and only city, is Marble Hill. The largely rural county is suppor ...
,
Missouri
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, United States. It is located approximately four miles south of
Zalma and 16 miles north of
Puxico, at the intersection of
Missouri Route 51
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with routes
C and
P.
Dexter
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lies about twenty miles to the south-southeast. The community was founded in 1908 and receives its name from the city of
Arab, Alabama
Arab () is a city mostly in Marshall County, with a portion in Cullman County, in the northern part of the U.S. state of Alabama, located from Guntersville Lake and Guntersville Dam, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Stati ...
.
Arab was originally located in
Wayne County. In 1943, the post office and community were moved four miles away to extreme southern Bollinger County.
RAMSAY PLACE NAMES FILE / WAYNE COUNTY
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References
* Corbin, Paul, ''Reflections From Missouri Mud'', Concord Publishing House, Inc., Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 2002.
Unincorporated communities in Bollinger County, Missouri
Cape Girardeau–Jackson metropolitan area
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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