Wisdom, Missouri

Wisdom, Missouri
Unincorporated community
Wisdom is located in Missouri
Wisdom
Wisdom
Location within Missouri
Wisdom is located in the United States
Wisdom
Wisdom
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 38°10′01″N 93°28′37″W / 38.16694°N 93.47694°W / 38.16694; -93.47694
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyBenton
Elevation
764 ft (233 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code660
GNIS feature ID741369

Wisdom is an unincorporated community in southwest Benton County, Missouri, United States. Wisdom is located on the Hogles Creek arm of Truman Lake. It is 7.4 miles (11.9 km) southwest of Warsaw.

History

A post office called Wisdom was established in 1897, and remained in operation until 1956. The community was named for A. J. Wisdom, a settler.

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wisdom, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 43-4 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ Benton County General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  5. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 210.