Delmar 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 northeast
Laclede County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
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.
The community is on a county road just east of
Missouri Route JJ
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approximately 2.5 miles northeast of
Sleeper and three miles southwest of
Stoutland.
The community most likely was named after a thoroughfare
of the same name in St. Louis.
References
Unincorporated communities in Laclede County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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