Burg, Missouri

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Burg, Missouri
unincorporated community
Map of Missouri highlighting Bollinger County.svg
Location of Bollinger County, Missouri
Country United States
State Missouri
County Bollinger
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 573

Burg is an unincorporated community in Bollinger County, Missouri, United States. 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 Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Post Offices in Bollinger County, MO "Bollinger". Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Burg Post Office (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 15, 2014.


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