McCracken, Missouri

Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.

McCracken is an unincorporated community in Christian County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.^[1] It is about 3.3 miles east of Ozark, Missouri.^[2]

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.^[3] A post office called McCracken was established in 1896, and remained in operation until 1932.^[4] The community was named after Samuel McCracken, a local merchant.^[5] 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.^[3] But passenger service on the Frisco line was discontinued in March 1933,^[6] and in 1934 the line from Ozark to Chadwick was abandoned entirely.^[3]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: McCracken, Missouri
^ "Ozark, Missouri to McCracken, Missouri". Google Maps. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "An Early Mobile Photographic Studio" (PDF). All Aboard, The Frisco Railroad Museum, August, 1988 (accessed on CondrenRails.com). Retrieved October 14, 2020.
^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
^ "Christian County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Pokin Around: Plans call for part of Chadwick Flyer spur line to become recreational trail". Steve Pokin, Springfield News-Leader, April 4, 2020.