Thuroy is an unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri, United States. [1] The village was located on a northward-flowing tributary to Barren Creek, approximately one-half mile from the Missouri- Arkansas border and Missouri State Highway 101. Bakersfield is about four miles to the northeast. Barren Creek flows into Norfork Lake in Arkansas, approximately four miles to the southwest. [2] [3]
A post office called Thuroy was established in 1927, and remained in operation until 1936. [4] The community derives its name from Thursey Marshal, an early settler (a postal error accounts for the error in spelling, which was never corrected). [5]
36°30′18″N 92°12′11″W / 36.50500°N 92.20306°W
Thuroy is an unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri, United States. [1] The village was located on a northward-flowing tributary to Barren Creek, approximately one-half mile from the Missouri- Arkansas border and Missouri State Highway 101. Bakersfield is about four miles to the northeast. Barren Creek flows into Norfork Lake in Arkansas, approximately four miles to the southwest. [2] [3]
A post office called Thuroy was established in 1927, and remained in operation until 1936. [4] The community derives its name from Thursey Marshal, an early settler (a postal error accounts for the error in spelling, which was never corrected). [5]
36°30′18″N 92°12′11″W / 36.50500°N 92.20306°W