Orchid 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 northwest
DeKalb County DeKalb County may refer to one of several counties in the United States, all of which were named for Baron Johann de Kalb:
* DeKalb County, Alabama
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, in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
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.
The community is on
Missouri Route 31
Route 31 is a highway in northwestern Missouri. Its northern terminus is at U.S. Route 169 in northwestern De Kalb County; its southern terminus is at US 169 southeast of St. Joseph.
Route 31 was one of the original 1922 state highways. It ...
approximately four miles southeast of
Union Star and 9.5 miles northwest of
Maysville.
History
The Orchid post office closed in 1900. The community probably was named after the
orchid
Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Orchids are cosmopolitan plants that are found in almost every habitat on Eart ...
plant.
References
Unincorporated communities in DeKalb County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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