Prohibition City, Missouri

Prohibition City is an unincorporated community in Worth County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

[1] A settlement called Smithton served as county seat, but the town's population dwindled after the seat was removed to Grant City.

[3] A post office called Smithton was established in 1861, and closed in 1870; the post office reopened as Prohibition City in 1877, and was discontinued in 1881.

[4] A first settler's advocacy of prohibition politics caused the most recent name to be selected.

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