Sulphur Springs is an

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in eastern Jefferson County,

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, United States. It is located near

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, bordering the banks of Glaize Creek and the

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. Sulphur Springs was

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ted in 1860, and named for a sulphur spring near the original town site. A post office was established at Sulphur Springs in 1837, and remained in operation until 1990. On August 5, 1922, at Sulphur Springs, two trains collided on the Iron Mountain Railroad tracks, resulting in 34 people killed and 150 injured in the largest train accident in Missouri history.

Notable person

Benjamin O'Fallon Benjamin O'Fallon (1793–1842) was an Indian agent along the upper areas of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. He interacted with Native Americans as a trader and Indian agent. He was against British trappers and traders operating in the Unite ...

* Benjamin Raborg

References

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