Editing Luray, Missouri (section)

==History==
Luray was platted in 1837.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ/page/n44 276]}}</ref> The source of the name Luray is obscure; according to the State Historical Society of Missouri, most likely it is Native American in origin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_clark.html |title=Clark County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=September 18, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070417/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_clark.html |archivedate=June 24, 2016 }}</ref> A post office called Luray has been in operation since 1841.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=September 18, 2016}}</ref> After 170 years in operation, the Luray office closed on November 4, 2011.