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Competition is an unincorporated community in southern Laclede County, Missouri, United States. It is about seventeen miles southeast of Lebanon.

Competition was originally called "Newburg", and under the latter name settlement was made in the 1840s. A post office called Competition was established in 1858, and remained in operation until 1967. A naming competition accounts for the present name.

Municipalities and communities of Laclede County, Missouri, United States
Cities
Villages
Townships
  • Auglaize
  • Eldridge
  • Franklin
  • Gasconade
  • Lebanon
  • May/Smith
  • Osage
  • Phillipsburg
  • Spring Hollow
  • Union
  • Washington
CDP
Other
unincorporated
communities
Ghost towns
Footnotes

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 37°29′01″N 92°25′45″W / 37.48361°N 92.42917°W / 37.48361; -92.42917


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