Competition, Missouri

Competition is an unincorporated community in southern Laclede County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located approximately seventeen miles southeast of Lebanon. It is on Missouri Route Z about one-half mile north of the Laclede-Wright county line. Lynchburg is approximately seven miles to the east. The Gasconade River flows past one mile to the east.[2]

Competition was originally called "Newburg", and under the latter name, settlement was made in the 1840s.[3] A post office under the town name of Competition was established in 1858, and remained in operation until 1967.[4] A naming competition accounts for the present name.[3]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Competition, Missouri
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 53, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ a b "Laclede County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on October 24, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.