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Wisdom is an unincorporated community in southwest Benton County, Missouri, United States. Wisdom is located on the Hogles Creek arm of Truman Lake.[2] It is 7.4 miles (11.9 km) southwest of Warsaw.[3]

Wisdom, Missouri
Unincorporated community
Wisdom
Wisdom
Coordinates: 38°10′01″N 93°28′37″W[1]
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyBenton
Elevation
[1]
764 ft (233 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code660
GNIS feature ID741369[1]

History


A post office called Wisdom was established in 1897, and remained in operation until 1956.[4] The community was named for A. J. Wisdom, a settler.[5]


References


  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wisdom, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 43-4 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. Benton County General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  5. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 210.


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