Carico is an unincorporated community in Stone County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Carico is located at the junction of Railey Creek and Carico Hollow, approximately 3.5 miles east-southeast of Galena and 6.5 miles northwest of Reeds Spring along the Missouri Pacific Railroad.Galena Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1956Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 62,
History Circa 1912, a store was built along the railroad tracks in the valley and named Little Chicago. The community produced tomatoes and a canning factory was built adjacent to the railroad.Carico, Past Village of the Ozarks by Lefa Woods, White River Valley Historical Quarterly, Volume 8, Number 9 - Fall 1984 A post office called Carico was established in 1921, and remained in operation until 1928. The community once had a schoolhouse and a grist mill. The origin of the name Carico is obscure.
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