Coordinates: 37°38′35″N91°11′21″W / 37.64306°N 91.18917°W / 37.64306; -91.18917
Boss is an unincorporated rural hamlet in eastern Dent County, Missouri.[1] It is approximately 18 miles east of Salem along Route 32.
The community is named after the nickname of Marion "Boss" Nelson, a lumberman supervisor.[2] A post office at Boss has been in operation since 1901.[3] There is also a residential hotel.
Notes
- 123U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boss, Missouri
- ↑"Dent County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑"Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
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- Unincorporated communities in Dent County, Missouri
- Unincorporated communities in Missouri
- Ozark region, Missouri, geography stubs