Dockery, Missouri

Dockery is an unincorporated community in Ray County, in the U.S. state of Missouri[1] and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.

The community is on Missouri Route 13 approximately five miles north-northeast of Richmond. Crooked River flows past the south side of the community.[2]

History

A post office called Dockery was established in 1888, and remained in operation until 1904.[3] The community has the name of Alexander Monroe Dockery, a state legislator and afterward 30th Governor of Missouri.[4]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dockery, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 28 ISBN 0899332242
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  4. "Ray County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2016.

39°21′40″N 93°59′19″W


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