Faro 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 Twelvemile Township in Madison County,

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, United States. The community was located on Captain Creek, approximately one mile northeast of the St. Francis River. The community site is located on

Missouri Route O A supplemental route is a state secondary road in the U.S. state of Missouri, designated with letters. Supplemental routes were various roads within the state which the Missouri Department of Transportation was given in 1952 to maintain in addi ...

between Arnett Mountain to the north and Rock Pile Mountain to the south.''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 57, A post office called Faro was established in 1905, and remained in operation until 1942. Faro is believed to be an invented name which holds no special significance.

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