Roach, Missouri
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Roach is an unincorporated community in southern Camden County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located north of U.S. Route 54 on Missouri Route AA, approximately five miles west of Camdenton and 2.5 miles west of the Niangua River arm of the Lake of the Ozarks.[2]
The community was named after the Roach family of pioneer settlers who were hardy in nature and would not die under very harsh circumstances.[3]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Roach, Missouri
- ^ Hahatonka, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982
- ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 269.
Coordinates: 37°59′38″N 92°50′11″W / 37.99389°N 92.83639°W
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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