Burg, Missouri

Burg, Missouri
unincorporated community

Location of Bollinger County, Missouri
Country United States
State Missouri
County Bollinger
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 573

Burg is an unincorporated community in Bollinger County, Missouri. The name is a common designation and is related to the establishment of a post office. When asked, "What shall we call this burg?", no satisfactory answer was given, so the name "Burg" was suggested to postal authorities.[1] The post office was maintained from 1908-1910.[2]

The Geographic Names Information System has an entry for Burg Post Office (historical) with a location of unknown.[3]

References

  1. State Historical Society of Missouri: Bollinger County Place Names, 1928-1945 http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_bollinger.html
  2. Post Offices in Bollinger County, MO "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-12-08.
  3. "Burg Post Office (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2014-01-15.

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