Booth is an extinct town in
Pike County, in the
U.S. state
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Missouri
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.
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
Booth may refer to:
People
* Booth (surname)
* Booth (given name)
Fictional characters
* List of Once Upon a Time characters#Pinocchio/August Wayne Booth, August Wayne Booth, from the television series ''Once Upon A Time''
*Cliff Booth, a suppor ...
which employed 80% of the adults which lived in Booth.
References
Ghost towns in Missouri
Former populated places in Pike County, Missouri
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