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Per Secretary's Order 3423 and 3424, the change to use the names Gulf of America and Mount McKinley have been made. (Regarding the display base maps, the USGS is aware of issues occurring outside of CONUS and Alaska impacting country boundaries and ocean labels).

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38.8108209°, -95.5494690°, 5

Summary Report

Cherry Box

Feature Details

Feature ID

735556

Name

Cherry Box

Class

Populated Place

Feature Code

Unincorporated Place

Location

Shelby County - Missouri

Citation

Source Type	Map
Reference	US
Originator	U.S. Geological Survey
Notes	Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files. In some instances, from 1:62,500 scale or 1:250,000 scale maps.
Distribution Date	December 31, 1981
Title
Edition
Original Citation	Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.

Entry Date

October 24, 1980

*Elevation

254 meters / 833 feet

Designations

History

Named for an old cherry box which was nailed to a tree in the center of the community for depositing and picking up mail.

Description

Census Code	Class Code	GSA Code	OPM Code
13492	U6	-	-

Variant Names

Name	In Part	Originator	Reference	Series Name	Publication Date	Source URL	Title	Edition	Notes	Additional Information
Cherry Dell	No	-	MO	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ramsay Place-Name Card Collection. A collection of approximately 32,000 place names on filing cards. Three sets exits: one at USGS-GNIS in Reston, Virginia; one in the Western Historical Manuscripts Collection at the University of Missouri-Columbia; one in the State Historical Society of Missouri at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The last set was used for Phase II compilation because it was organized by counties. Names were collected by students writing theses during the period 1929 to 1945. The date on the Phase II entry refers to the year of completion of the thesis that covered a given county.

Decisions

Name	Date	Authority	Type

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Coordinates

Sequence	Coordinates	Map	State
1	39.9247603, -92.2351828 / 39° 55' 29.14" N, 92° 14' 6.66" W	Leonard	MO

Government Units

Sequence	State or Equivalent	County or Equivalent
1	Missouri	Shelby County

Map

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38.8108209°, -95.5494690°, 19z