Booth is an extinct town in Pike County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

A post office called Booth was established in 1884, and remained in operation until 1895.[2] The community has the name of Thomas Booth, a local medical doctor.[3] Inhabited: 1884–1895, Highest pop: 312 (1894). Booth became uninhabited because the entire town found better jobs in different town nearby than Booth Factory which employed 80% of the adults which lived in Booth.

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  2. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Pike County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived June 24, 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 7, 2016.