Faith, Missouri

Faith is an unincorporated community in southern Miller County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.^[1] It is located approximately six miles southwest of Iberia near the headwaters of Barren Fork.^[2]

History

A general store, trading post, mill, blacksmith, school and church were established just after the American Civil War by James Milton Wall and his wife Mildred James. They named the community Faith, which later grew into a town. Wall, called "Black Jim" because of his dark features, left Montgomery, Virginia to "go west".^[3]

A post office called Faith was established in 1900, and remained in operation until 1907.^[4]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Faith, Missouri
2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 45 ISBN 0899332242
3. "Faith Community". Miller County Museum. Miller County Historical Society. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
   - "Miller County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
4. "Post Offices: Missouri, Miller County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on November 6, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.

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