# Service, Missouri

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**Service** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area#United_States) in eastern [Crawford County](/source/Crawford_County,_Missouri), in the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Missouri](/source/Missouri).[1] The community is located on a small tributary along the east bank of [Courtois Creek](/source/Courtois_Creek), approximately 2.5 miles west of the Crawford-[Washington](/source/Washington_County,_Missouri) county line. [Missouri Route 8](/source/Missouri_Route_8) passes on the ridge about one-half mile to the southwest. The community of [Butts](/source/Butts,_Missouri) lies about 1.5 miles downstream (northwest) and [Berryman](/source/Berryman,_Missouri) is about four miles to the southeast (upstream). The old Service School was located at the site in the 1940s.[2]

## History

A post office called Service was established in 1886, and remained in operation until 1896.[3] The origin of the name Service is unknown.[4]

## References

1. *Berryman, Missouri,* 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1943 (1974 rev.)

1. ["Post Offices"](http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO). Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 25 September 2016.

1. ["Crawford County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)"](http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_crawford.html). The State Historical Society of Missouri. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071452/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_crawford.html) 24 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 September 2016.

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