Cyclone, Missouri

Cyclone is an unincorporated community in east central McDonald County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is located on Big Sugar Creek west of Powell.

History

A post office called Cyclone was established in 1883, and remained in operation until 1955. The community was named for a cyclone (tornado) which stuck the area in 1880.

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cyclone, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 60, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ "McDonald County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  5. ↑ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 30.

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