Eunice is an unincorporated community in southeastern Texas County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located approximately ten miles southeast of Houston on Route 17 midway between the communities of Yukon and Midvale.[2]

A post office called Eunice has been in operation since 1890.[3] An early postmaster gave the community the name of his wife, Eunice Cooper.[4]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eunice, Missouri
  2. Spring Valley, MO, 1:100,000 scale Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1987
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  4. "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.

37°14′42″N 91°46′47″W / 37.24500°N 91.77972°W / 37.24500; -91.77972


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