Pawnee 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
Harrison County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
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.
The community is at the junction of
Missouri Route 46
Route 46 is a highway in northwest Missouri. Its eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 69 (Missouri), U.S. Route 69 north of Eagleville, Missouri, Eagleville; its western terminus is at U.S. Route 59 (Missouri), U.S. Route 59 east of Fairfax, Miss ...
and county route YY and north of the confluence of
Wolf Creek with the West Fork of
Big Creek. The community of
Hatfield is 5.5 miles to the west along Route 46 and
Eaglevile is approximately five miles to the southeast.
History
A post office called Pawnee was established in 1886, and remained in operation until 1908. The community most likely has the name of the
Pawnee Indians
The Pawnee, also known by their endonym (which translates to "Men of Men"), are an Indigenous people of the Great Plains that historically lived in Nebraska and northern Kansas but today are based in Oklahoma. They are the federally recognized P ...
.
References
Unincorporated communities in Harrison County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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