Grassy 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
Filmore Township in western
Bollinger County,
Missouri
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, United States.
Geography
It is eight miles west of
Marble Hill on
Route 34.
Grassy is part of the
Cape Girardeau–
Jackson, MO-
IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Located just outside Grassy are three campgrounds along the
Castor River:
Arrowhead Campgrounds, Castor River Park, and Twin Bridges Park.
History
Grassy was named for the nearby
Grassy Creek on which the community is located. The name of the creek derives from the lush sage grass that grows along the banks and in the bed of the stream.
[State Historical Society of Missouri: Bollinger County Place Names, 1928-1945 http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_bollinger.html ]
References
Unincorporated communities in Bollinger County, Missouri
Cape Girardeau–Jackson metropolitan area
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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