McCracken, Missouri

McCracken is an unincorporated community in Christian County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

[2] The McCracken area got rail service when a subsidiary of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (Frisco) extended a line from Ozark, Missouri to Chadwick, Missouri, in the Spring of 1883.

[3] A post office called McCracken was established in 1896, and remained in operation until 1932.

[5] McCracken in the 1890's was a thriving community with a general mercantile store, a blacksmith shop, several other business establishments, and even a mobile photography studio parked on the rail siding offering portrait pictures at $3/dozen.

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