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Waldo is an unincorporated community in southeastern Webster County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Waldo is located on Missouri Route V, approximately three miles north of Seymour. The community is near the headwaters of the James River, which is about two miles to the north-northeast. A small airstrip, Owens Field, is located just south of Waldo.

History

A post office called Waldo was established in 1857, and remained in operation until 1886. The name "Waldo" was assigned by postal officials. An early variant name was "Lickskillet".

References

1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Waldo
2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 53, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
4. "Webster County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2017.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Webster County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Marshfield
Cities	Fordland Marshfield Niangua Rogersville‡ Seymour
Village	Diggins
Townships	Benton Dallas Diggins Finley Grant Green Hill Hazelwood High Prairie Hubble Jackson Marshfield Niangua Northview Osage Ozark Union Washington
Unincorporated communities	All Beach Bracken Caddo Conklin Crown Duncan‡ Elkland Forkners Hill Henderson Hiatt High Prairie Mountain Dale Northview Olga Panther Valley Rader Red Top Sampson Sarvis Point Susanna Waldo Zenar
Ghost towns	Compton Finley Falls Holman
Former townships	East Ozark
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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