Grogan is an extinct town in southern
Texas County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
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. The
GNIS
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classifies it as a populated place.
The community is on a hillside above the North Prong of
Jacks Fork River. The town is approximately eleven miles east-northeast of
Cabool and eleven miles south-southeast of
Houston
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.
A post office called Grogan was established in 1897, and remained in operation until 1954. The community has the name of J. E. Grogan (John Emerson Grogan), the original owner of the town site.
References
Ghost towns in Missouri
Former populated places in Texas County, Missouri
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