Plano, Missouri

Plano is an unincorporated community on former U.S. Route 66, now Route 266 in Greene County, Missouri, United States. The community is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.

A post office called Plano was established in 1895, and remained in operation until 1903.[1] The name most likely is a transfer from Plano, Texas.[2] Little remains of the original community.[3]

References

  1. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. "Greene County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. http://route66news.com/2013/12/05/true-story-ruins-plano/

Coordinates: 37°11′34″N 93°33′03″W / 37.1928°N 93.5508°W / 37.1928; -93.5508


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