St. Cloud is an unincorporated community in Ray County, in the U.S. state of Missouri and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.[1]

The community is 2.5 miles west-northwest of Richmond and one mile north of Missouri Route 10. The West Fork of Crooked River flows past the north side of the community.[2]

History

A variant name was "Saint Cloud Springs".[1] The town site was platted as Saint Cloud Springs in 1881, taking its name from a spring near the original town site.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Saint Cloud
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 28 ISBN 0899332242
  3. "Ray County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2016.

39°17′34″N 94°01′06″W / 39.292788°N 94.018277°W / 39.292788; -94.018277


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