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Wet Glaize, Missouri

Coordinates: 37°55′20″N 92°32′02″W / 37.92222°N 92.53389°W / 37.92222; -92.53389
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Wet Glaize
Wet Glaize is located in Missouri
Wet Glaize
Wet Glaize
Location of Wet Glaize in Missouri
Coordinates: 37°55′20″N 92°32′02″W / 37.92222°N 92.53389°W / 37.92222; -92.53389
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyCamden
Post office established1848
Named forWet Auglaize Creek

Wet Glaize is an unincorporated community in Camden County, in the Ozarks of central Missouri.[1] The community is just east of Missouri Route 7 on Mill Creek, which is a tributary of the Wet Glaize Creek. Montreal is to the northwest on Route 7 and Richland is to the southeast.[2] Mill Creek has a large fish hatchery in the vicinity of Wet Glaize.[3]

History

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A post office called Wet Glaize was established in 1848, and remained in operation until 1938.[4] The community took its name from nearby Wet Auglaize Creek.[5]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wet Glaize, Missouri
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 45, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ Montreal, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1976
  4. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  5. ^ "Camden County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2016.