Sleeper, Missouri

Sleeper is an unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri, United States.^[1] It is located approximately one mile north of Interstate 44 at the intersection of Missouri routes F and J. It is and about six miles northeast of Lebanon and five miles southwest of Stoutland.^[2] Several homes and a fire station are located here.^[3]

A post office called Sleeper was established in 1883, and remained in operation until 1955.^[4] The community was named after "Sleeper", a railroad employee who often was noticeably tired.^[5]^[6]

References

^ "Sleeper". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 45 ISBN 0899332242
^ "Laclede County Rural Fire Protection Districts And Volunteer Fire Departments." Laclede County Clerk. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
^ "Laclede County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 120.

37°45′38″N 92°35′35″W / 37.76056°N 92.59306°W / 37.76056; -92.59306

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[1] "Sleeper". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 3, 2015.

[2] Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 45 ISBN 0899332242

[3] "Laclede County Rural Fire Protection Districts And Volunteer Fire Departments." Laclede County Clerk. Retrieved 3 January 2015.

[4] "Laclede County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[5] "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 24, 2016.

[6] Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 120.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Laclede County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Lebanon
Cities	Conway Lebanon Richland‡	Map of Missouri highlighting Laclede County
Villages	Evergreen Phillipsburg Stoutland‡
Townships	Auglaize Eldridge Franklin Gasconade Lebanon May/Smith Osage Phillipsburg Spring Hollow Union Washington
CDP	Bennett Springs‡
Other unincorporated communities	Abo Agnes Bidwell Brownfield Brush Creek Caffeyville Carrol Junction Case Competition Delmar Dove Drew Drynob Eldridge Falcon Grace Hazelgreen Ira Lynchburg Lyons Morgan Nebo Oakland Origanna Orla Pease Prosperine Russ Sleeper Saint Annie Southard Winnipeg
Ghost towns	Atchley Corkery‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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