Unincorporated community in the American state of Missouri
Southard is an unincorporated community in southern Laclede County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is on a county road two miles south of Nebo and 3.5 miles northwest of Lynchburg. The Pine Creek tributary to the Gasconade River flows past the south side of the community.
History
A post office called Southard was established in 1906, and remained in operation until 1939. D. T. Southard, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name.
Notable person
- Julia Southard Lee, a textile researcher, was born at Southard in 1897.
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Southard, Missouri
- Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 53, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
- "Laclede County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (December 16, 2003). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Routledge. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-135-96343-9.
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37°32′21″N 92°20′16″W / 37.53917°N 92.33778°W / 37.53917; -92.33778
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