Burfordville, Missouri

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Burfordville, Missouri
Burfordville.jpg
The Bollinger Mill and Burfordville Covered Bridge in 2010
Map of Missouri highlighting Cape Girardeau County.svg
Location of Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Coordinates: 37°22′03″N89°48′25″W / 37.36750°N 89.80694°W / 37.36750; -89.80694
Country United States
State Missouri
County Cape Girardeau
Township Kinder Township
Area
[1]
  Total0.34 sq mi (0.87 km2)
  Land0.34 sq mi (0.87 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
404 [2]  ft (123 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total87
  Density259.70/sq mi (100.12/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
63739
Area code 573
FIPS code 29-09784 [3]
GNIS feature ID715068 [4]

Burfordville is an unincorporated community in western Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States, on the banks of the Whitewater River. It is located five miles west of Jackson on Route 34. Bufordville is part of the Cape Girardeau Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Contents

Bollinger Mill State Historic Site and Burfordville Covered Bridge are both listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Cape Girardeau County.

Name

The town was formerly known simply as Bollinger's Mill as George Frederick Bollinger had built a mill on the site. The town was later named Burfordville for local pioneer John Burford. [5]

History

Major George Bollinger, a Swiss German immigrant, arrived in the area from North Carolina. He built the first mill on the Whitewater River in 1797. Bollinger was promised a large concession of land if he agreed to return to North Carolina and encouraged others to move to Missouri. He then returned to North Carolina and brought back with him to Missouri 20 other Swiss and German immigrant families. The village was incorporated in 1900. [6]

Geography

Burfordville is located on the Whitewater River, approximately eight miles southwest of Jackson, and is situated in the central part of Kinder Township. [5]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020 87
U.S. Decennial Census [7]

Education

It is in the Jackson R-2 School District, [8] which operates Jackson High School.

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References

  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  2. US Climate Data.com http://www.usclimatedata.com/map.php?location=USMO0144
  3. Hometown Locator: Burfordville, Missouri http://roadsidethoughts.com/mo/burfordville-xx-cape-girardeau-misc.htm
  4. Roadsidethoughts.com: Burfordville, Missouri http://roadsidethoughts.com/mo/burfordville-xx-cape-girardeau-misc.htm
  5. 1 2 State Historical Society of Missouri: Cape Girardeau County Place Names http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_cape_girardeau.html Archived 2016-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "10th Anniversary Edition: All about Burfordville". Southeast Missourian. August 4, 2015. Archived from the original on December 5, 2020.
  7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  8. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cape Girardeau County, MO" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved October 1, 2022.