Colony is an
unincorporated community
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in
Knox County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
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. It is situated on in
Colony Township, at the K&V junction.
History
Colony was originally called Kentucky Colony, and under the latter name settlement was made in the early 1840s by some of the first settlers in the county, a group of four or five pioneer families from Kentucky, about two miles northeast of the present site of Colony. A post office called Colony was established in 1848, and remained in operation until 1907.
References
Unincorporated communities in Knox County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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