Toga, Missouri

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Toga is an unincorporated community located on Crowleys Ridge in northern Stoddard County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The community lies two miles northeast of Advance on Missouri Route 25. The Stoddard-Bollinger-Cape Girardeau county line junction is approximately one mile northeast of the location. [2]

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A post office called Toga was established in 1900, and remained in operation until 1903. [3] The community has the first name of Toga Bill Rhodes, an early settler. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Toga, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 68, ISBN   0899332242
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Stoddard County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Former Cape Girardeau mayor, Rhodes 101 founder dies" . Retrieved 2019-03-11.

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