Английская Википедия:Ballard, Missouri
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Ballard is an unincorporated community in northeast Bates County, in the U.S. state of Missouri[1] and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
The community is located on Missouri Route 18 approximately four miles west of the Bates-Henry county line. Adrian on U.S. Route 71 is about ten miles to the west. Tributaries of North Deepwater Creek drain the area to the south.[2]
History
Ballard was named for Hon. J. N. Ballard, a county judge and afterward state senator.[3] A post office was briefly located in Ballard before it was replaced by Rural Free Delivery routes. A 1918 Bates County history reported that the mercantile store in Ballard had a "nice, clean stock of merchandise".[4]
Ballard R-2 School District provides education for the community.[5]
References
- ↑ Шаблон:GNIS
- ↑ Spruce, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1962
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web