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Unincorporated community in Missouri, United States
Two Mile Prairie
Unincorporated community
Two Mile Prairie is located in MissouriTwo Mile PrairieTwo Mile PrairieLocation within the state of Missouri
Coordinates: 39°1′5″N 92°10′1″W / 39.01806°N 92.16694°W / 39.01806; -92.16694
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyBoone
TownshipColumbia
Elevation879 ft (268 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID759385

Two Mile Prairie is an area in northern Columbia Township, Boone County, Missouri, United States, northeast of Columbia. Its elevation is 879 feet (268 m). It shares a name with Two Mile Prairie Elementary School in Columbia. The community is part of the Columbia Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was named for its location on a two-mile wide prairie. It was described as "opulent" in 1908.

References

  1. ^ "Two Mile Prairie, Missouri". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
  2. "Boone County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. "Through Two-Mile Prairie". Columbia, Missouri: The Evening Missourian. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

Further reading

  • "Area farmers face price squeeze: Grain elevators are filling up quickly." Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO) (Oct 11, 2007): NA. General OneFile. Gale. TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARIES (CELPLO). 23 Feb. 2008 <http://find.galenet.com/ips/start.do?prodId=IPS>. Gale Document Number:CJ169738534 "Brothers Frank and John Glenn yesterday took advantage of good weather to reap the annual soybean harvest on their family farm in the Two Mile Prairie area northeast of Columbia."
  • "Planners settle on Ashland site for sewage plant." Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO) (August 15, 2007): NA. General OneFile. Gale. TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARIES (CELPLO). 23 Feb. 2008 <http://find.galenet.com/ips/start.do?prodId=IPS>. Gale Document Number:CJ167634040 "...the Two Mile Prairie task force believes the best location for the new plant is the current Ashland Wastewater Treatment Plant.'

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Municipalities and communities of Boone County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Columbia
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Map of Missouri highlighting Boone County
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Footnotes‡a small part of Centralia is in Audrain County


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