Mumford 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
Greene County in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
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. It is at the junction of Jones Branch and
Pierson Creek, about 1.3 miles east of the current
U.S. 65 bypass of east
Springfield. The old
St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (currently the
BNSF Railway
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) passes just southwest of it. The old Mt. Pisgah School was located just to the north.
History
A post office called Mumford was established in 1887, and remained in operation until 1924. The community has the name of the original owner of the site.
Notable person
Leonard Dodson, a professional golfer, was born at Mumford.
References
Unincorporated communities in Greene County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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