Competition is an unincorporated community in southern Laclede County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located approximately seventeen miles southeast of Lebanon. It is on Missouri Route Z about one-half mile north of the Laclede-Wright county line. Lynchburg is approximately seven miles to the east. The Gasconade River flows past one mile to the east.[2]
Competition was originally called "Newburg", and under the latter name, settlement was made in the 1840s.[3] A post office under the town name of Competition was established in 1858, and remained in operation until 1967.[4] A naming competition accounts for the present name.[3]
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37°29′01″N 92°25′45″W / 37.48361°N 92.42917°W / 37.48361; -92.42917
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