Knobby, Missouri
Unincorporated community
Knobby is located in Missouri
Knobby
Knobby
Knobby is located in the United States
Knobby
Knobby
Coordinates: 38°09′09″N 93°05′44″W / 38.15250°N 93.09556°W / 38.15250; -93.09556
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyBenton
Elevation
[1]
938 ft (286 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code660
GNIS feature ID740993[1]

Knobby is an unincorporated community in Benton County, Missouri, United States. Knobby is located along Supplemental Route DD, 16.8 miles (27.0 km) east-southeast of Warsaw.[2]

A variant name of the community was Nobby.[1] A post office called Knobby was established in 1885, the name was changed to Nobby in 1907, and the post office closed in 1913.[3] The community takes its name from Knobby Creek.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Knobby, Missouri
  2. ↑ Benton County General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 27, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Benton County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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