Gregory Landing 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
Clark County Clark County may refer to:
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*Clark County, Idaho
*Clark County, Illinois
*Clark County, Indiana
*Clark County, Kansas
*Clark County, Kentucky
*Clark County, Missouri
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*Clark County, ...
, in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
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.
History
Gregory Landing had its start in the 1830s as a shipping point on the
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the main stem, primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States. It is the second-longest river in the United States, behind only the Missouri River, Missouri. From its traditional source of Lake Ita ...
. A post office called Gregory's Landing was established in 1868, and remained in operation until 1954.
References
Unincorporated communities in Clark County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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