Exchange 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 southwest Reynolds County, in the

Ozarks The Ozarks, also known as the Ozark Mountains, Ozark Highlands or Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, as well as a small area in the southeastern corner of Kansas. The Ozarks cover ...

of southeast

Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...

. The community is located along

Missouri Route 106 Route 106 is a highway in the southern part of the US State of Missouri. Its eastern terminus is at Route 21 at Ellington; its western terminus is at Route 17 in Summersville. Route 106 runs through the eastern, mountainous Ozarks and th ...

, approximately 3.5 miles west of Ellington. The community sits on the floodplain of Logan Creek.

History

A post office called Exchange was established in 1887, and remained in operation until 1918. The community was so named for the fact commodities were exchanged there.

References

Unincorporated communities in Reynolds County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{ReynoldsCountyMO-geo-stub