Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.
Day is an unincorporated community in Taney County , in the Ozarks of southern Missouri .[ 1] Day is located in the northwest part of the county, just south of the Taney-Christian county line on Missouri Route 176 and approximately one mile west of U.S. Route 65 .[ 2]
History
A post office called Day was established in 1889, and remained in operation until 1957.[ 3] Captain Madison Day, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name.[ 4]
References
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Day, Missouri
^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer , DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 62, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
^ "Post Offices" . Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 27, 2016 .
^ "Taney County Place Names, 1928–1945" . The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016 .
36°48′47″N 93°14′38″W / 36.81306°N 93.24389°W / 36.81306; -93.24389