McCracken is an
unincorporated community
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in
Christian County Christian County is the name of several counties in the United States:
* Christian County, Illinois
* Christian County, Kentucky
* Christian County, Missouri
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, in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
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. It is about 3.3 miles east of Ozark, Missouri.
History
The McCracken area got rail service when a subsidiary of the
St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (Frisco) extended a line from Ozark, Missouri to
Chadwick, Missouri, in the Spring of 1883.
A post office called McCracken was established in 1896, and remained in operation until 1932. The community was named after Samuel McCracken, a local merchant. McCracken in the 1890's was a thriving community with a general mercantile store, a blacksmith shop, several other business establishments, and even a mobile photography studio parked on the rail siding offering portrait pictures at $3/dozen.
[ But passenger service on the Frisco line was discontinued in March 1933,]
References
Unincorporated communities in Christian County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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