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Success
Unincorporated community
Success
Coordinates: 37°26′37″N 92°05′16″W / 37.44361°N 92.08778°W / 37.44361; -92.08778
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Texas County
Elevation	1,404 ft (428 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (CDT)

Success is an unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately twelve miles northwest of Houston at the southern intersection of Routes 17 and 32.

History

The first settlement at Success was made in 1880. The nearby original town site is today officially known as "Old Success" and is located about one mile to the north. A post office called Success has been in operation since 1880. Founders of the community most likely named it "Success" in order to promote a mineral spa established there.

Education

The Success R-VI School District has a K-8 enrollment. The students attend Houston, Plato and Licking for high school.

References

1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Success, Missouri
2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
3. "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Old Success
5. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
6. "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
7. "Homepage". Success R-VI School District. Retrieved December 29, 2016.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Texas County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Houston
Cities	Cabool Houston Licking Mountain Grove‡ Summersville‡
Villages	Plato Raymondville
Townships	Boone Burdine Carroll Cass Clinton Current Date Jackson Lynch Morris Ozark Pierce Piney Roubidoux Sargent Sherrill Upton
Unincorporated communities	Alice Arroll Ashley Creek Bado Bendavis Big Creek Bucyrus Clara Clear Springs Dent Dunn Dykes Elk Creek Ellis Prairie Ellsworth Eunice Evening Shade Fowler Guild Hartshorn Huggins Kimble Kinderpost Ladd Lundy Mahan Maples Mitchells Corner Nile Oscar Pleasant Ridge Prescott Roby Samoa Sargent Sherrill Simmons Solo Stultz Success Tyrone Upton Vada Varvol Venable Yukon
Ghost towns	Edanville Gravel Point Grogan Hattie Hazleton Hurst Louisa Nagle Plum Valley Raftville Roubidoux Turley
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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