Jobe is an unincorporated community in southeastern Oregon County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is located approximately seven miles east of Couch and five and one-half miles north of the Missouri-Arkansas border. Frederick Creek flows past the north side of the community and the Eleven Point River is 3.5 miles to the east.[2]

History

A variant name was "Job".[1] A post office called Jobe was established in 1848, and closed in 1888. The post reopened as Job in 1892, and closed in 1906.[3] The community has the name of Jacob Job, an early settler.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jobe
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 65, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Oregon County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.

36°35′01″N 91°15′05″W / 36.58361°N 91.25139°W / 36.58361; -91.25139


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