Allbright is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in southeastern
Madison County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
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.
Allbright is located on
Gimlet Creek and the west side of the
Castor River floodplain about one mile north of the Madison-
Wayne county line.
[''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 57, ]
History
A post office called Allbright was established in 1905, and remained in operation until 1941. Frank Allbright, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name.
References
Unincorporated communities in Madison County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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