Lynchburg, Missouri

Lynchburg is an unincorporated community in southeastern Laclede County, Missouri, United States, located 30 miles south of Lebanon. It is home to about 400 people^{[citation needed]}. The post office was closed in 2004, but the town does have a volunteer fire department and a store^{[citation needed]}. The saying "If I pay taxes on both sides of the road, I ought to be able to walk on both sides of the road" came from Allen Scott (1854–1951), a Lynchburg resident^{[citation needed]}. The town is named after John Lynch, who served as sheriff immediately following the Civil War and had a propensity for lynching people^{[citation needed]}.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Laclede County, Missouri, United States County seat: Lebanon Cities Conway Lebanon Richland‡ Villages Evergreen Phillipsburg Stoutland‡ CDP Bennett Springs‡ Other unincorporated communities Caffeyville Competition Eldridge Falcon Hazelgreen Lynchburg Morgan Sleeper Saint Annie Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 37°29′47″N 92°17′35″W / 37.4964°N 92.2930°W / 37.4964; -92.2930

According to Cecil Benson, local historian and barber at Plato, Mo., Lynchburg was founded by Dr. Ransom Batterton Lynch. He wanted to be a postmaster and Plato already had a post office and a postmaster so he moved to Laclede County and founded Lynchburg and became the first postmaster there.