Cole Camp, Missouri
city in Benton County, Missouri, United States
Cole Camp is a small city in Benton County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, Cole Camp had a population of 1,104.
The town is known for the annual street fair in September. It also hosts a Maifest in May, an Oktoberfest in October, and a Christbaumfest in late November; all highlight the town's German heritage.
History
Cole Camp was laid out in 1857. It became a Flag Stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail route that next year. Tipton was an eastern terminus of the when it was launched in 1858. The route was connected to St. Louis by the Pacific Railroad. The Butterfield Overland Mail Route ran in the 1858-1861 Period before the American Civil War.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Cole Camp, Missouri” is city in Benton County, Missouri, United States. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Cole, Camp and Missouri, not as a finished interpretation.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q957564. VIAF identifies the subject as 138484245. The Library of Congress control number is n88174630. Authority coordinates are 38.459, -93.204. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1857, 1858 and 1861.
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