Goodson 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 Polk County,

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, United States. It is located at the intersection of

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s C and P and is approximately sixteen miles northeast of Bolivar. Goodson is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. Goodson was laid out ''circa'' 1870, and named after Sam Goodson, an early citizen. A post office called Goodson was in operation from 1874 until 1991.

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