Isadora is an unincorporated community in northwest Worth County, Missouri, United States. Isadora is on Missouri Route A, six miles northwest of Grant City and five miles east of Sheridan. The community is on the floodplain of the Grand River and is three miles (4.8 km) south of the Missouri–Iowa state line.[2]
Isadora was platted in 1863.[3] A post office called Isadora was established in 1866, and remained in operation until 1951.[4] According to tradition, the community was named after the wife of a pioneer man who paid a visit to the area.[3]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Isadora, Missouri
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 198, p. 14 ISBN 0899332242
- ^ a b "Worth County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
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