Gipsy is an

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in the northwestern part of Wayne Township in the western part of

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, United States. It is located on

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E, fourteen miles southwest of

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on Lick Log Creek.

Etymology

Gipsy was named by J.C. Montgomery, who applied for a post office in 1908. Mr. Montgomery had come, with his large family, in a covered wagon ''circa'' 1900-1902 from

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, and had camped on the old Hinkle school ground. The people of the community called the Montgomerys "gipsys" because of their manner of coming, and he used that name when he applied for the post office.State Historical Society of Missouri: Bollinger County http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_bollinger.html

Geography

Gipsy is part of the

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References

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