title: Charity, Missouri
text: # Charity, Missouri
  
  Charity is an unincorporated community in southern Dallas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
  
  The community is on Missouri Route M approximately one mile west of the Niangua River. The Charity School buildings lie about one-half mile north on a county road. Elkland is about six miles south on Missouri Route 38 and Buffalo lies about nine miles to the north-northwest.
  
  ## History
  
  A post office at Charity was established in 1884, and remained in operation until 1956. An early postmaster gave the community the name of his wife, Charity Sherrick.
  
  