Torch 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
Thomas Township,
Ripley County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
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. The community is located in Ripley County's southeast.
The community is located on
Missouri Route H
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between
Glenn to the southwest and
Hemenway to the northeast.
History
A post office called Torch was established in 1920, and remained in operation until 1954. According to tradition, a local lumber mill regularly torched their scrap wood outside, hence the name Torch.
References
Unincorporated communities in Ripley County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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