What is Carson, Missouri?
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} '''Carson''' is a [[ghost town]] in [[Howell County, Missouri|Howell County]], [[Missouri]]. It is in the [[Ozarks]] of southern Missouri.<ref>{{GNIS|735128|name=Carson (historical)}}</ref> The [[community]] was located on [[Missouri Route ZZ]], it was next to the [[Rail transport|railroad]]. Carson is about two miles southeast of [[West Plains, Missouri]].<ref>West Plains, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS 1983</ref> A [[post office]] named Carson was built in 1908. It was used until 1928.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Howell |title=Post Offices |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=8 October 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410073413/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Howell |archivedate=10 April 2015 }}</ref> The community has the name of Jack Carson, a businessperson in the local [[Mining|mining industry]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Howell County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_howell.html|url-status=dead|publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri|accessdate=10 October 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071834/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_howell.html|archivedate=24 June 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Howell County, Missouri}} {{coord|36|42|35|N|91|48|12|W|display=title}} [[Category:Settlements in Missouri]] [[Category:Ghost towns in the United States]]