Bourbon 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 northern
Boone County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
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.
The community was located on Benson Road just east of
U.S. Route 63 and about one mile west of
Sturgeon
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.
History
Bourbon was laid out in 1849, and named after
Bourbon County, Kentucky, the native home of a share of the first settlers. A variant name was Bourbonton.
[ A post office called Bourbonton was established in 1849, and remained in operation until 1857.]
References
Unincorporated communities in Boone County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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