Fagus, Missouri

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Fagus, Missouri
Unincorporated community
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Fagus, Missouri
Position in Missouri
Coordinates: 36°30′40″N90°16′01″W / 36.51111°N 90.26694°W / 36.51111; -90.26694 Coordinates: 36°30′40″N90°16′01″W / 36.51111°N 90.26694°W / 36.51111; -90.26694
Country United States
State Missouri
County Butler
Elevation
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308 ft (94 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Zip code
63938
GNIS feature ID735609 [1]

Fagus is an unincorporated community in southeastern Butler County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Route 51, approximately 18 miles southeast of Poplar Bluff and one mile north of the Arkansas state line. [2]

A post office called Fagus was established in 1913, and remained in operation until 1973. [3] The community was founded by lumberman William N. Barron and named after the Latin word for "beech tree". [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fagus, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 67, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)



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