Hugo, Missouri

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Hugo | other_name = Chauncey | settlement_type = Unincorporated community | pushpin_map = Missouri | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Hugo in Missouri | coordinates = {{Coord|37|59|43|N|92|39|33|W|type:city_region:US-MO_source:GNIS-enwiki|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Missouri | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Camden | established_title = Post office established | established_date = 1883 }} '''Hugo''' is an unincorporated community in southern Camden County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|729753}}</ref> The community is located approximately 3.5 miles east-southeast of Camdenton on Missouri Route V, just north of Missouri Route 7.<ref>''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 45, {{ISBN|0-89933-224-2}}</ref>

==History== The community was originally settled as a town called Chauncey.<ref name=gnis/> A post office called Chauncey was established in 1883. The town was platted in the 1890s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Camden County Historical Society |title=Hugo |journal=Camden County Museum |publication-place=Linn Creek, Missouri, United States}}</ref> The name was changed to Hugo in 1914, and the post office closed in 1943.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=8 September 2016}}</ref> The origin of the name Hugo is obscure.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_camden.html |title=Camden County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |access-date=8 September 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071349/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_camden.html |archive-date=24 June 2016 }}</ref>

In the early 20th century, the community had two stores, a post office, a blacksmith, a grist mill, a school, a church, and several residences.<ref name=":0" />

==Notable person== *Charles D. Franklin, US Army lieutenant general, born in Hugo in 1931.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 19, 1992 |title=Obituary, Charles D. Franklin |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/207815341/ |newspaper=Springfield News-Leader |location=Springfield, MO |page=12 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Camden County, Missouri Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri