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Unincorporated community in Missouri, United States
Burg, Missouri
unincorporated community
Location of Bollinger County, MissouriLocation of Bollinger County, Missouri
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyBollinger
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code573

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. The post office was maintained from 1908–1910.

The Geographic Names Information System has an entry for Burg Post Office (historical) with a location of unknown.

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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