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Kaiser is an unincorporated community in Miller County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] [2] It is located on a county road just south of Route 42/134. The zip code is 65047.

A post office called Kaiser has been in operation since 1904. [3] The community was named after the local Kaiser family. [4] With America's entry into World War I and the anti-German hysteria that followed, some residents proposed changing the name of the community to Success. However, after some debate, the plan failed. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kaiser". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Miller County General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Miller County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  5. ↑ McMillen, Margot Ford (1994). Paris, Tightwad, and Peculiar: Missouri Place Names. University of Missouri Press. p. 60. ISBN   978-0-8262-0972-6.

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