Tulip is an unincorporated community in northwest Audrain and southwest Monroe counties, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is on Monroe county road 92. Long Branch flows past approximately one mile west and north of the site. Moberly is approximately 15 miles to the north-northwest in Randolph County and Centralia is eight miles south in northeast Boone County, Missouri.[2]

History

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A post office was established at Tulip in 1879, and remained in operation until 1907.[3] The community was so named by a settler who was fond of tulips.[4]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tulip, Missouri
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 31, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  4. ^ "Monroe County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.

39°20′34″N 92°09′26″W / 39.34278°N 92.15722°W / 39.34278; -92.15722