Dixie, Missouri

Dixie is an unincorporated community in Callaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.^[1]

History

An early variant name was "Caldwell".^[2] A post office called Caldwell was established in 1880, the name was changed to Dixie in 1892, and the post office closed in 1905.^[3] The present name is after Dixie Caldwell, an early postmaster's daughter.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dixie, Missouri
1 2 "Callaway County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.

Municipalities and communities of Callaway County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Fulton
Cities	Auxvasse Fulton Holts Summit Jefferson City‡ Mokane New Bloomfield
Villages	Kingdom City
Townships	Auxvasse Bourbon Caldwell Calwood Cedar Cleveland Cote Sans Dessein East Fulton Guthrie Jackson Liberty McCredie Nine Mile Prairie Round Prairie St. Aubert Shamrock Summit West Fulton
Unincorporated communities	Bachelor Boydsville Callaway Calwood Carrington Cedar City Concord Dixie Earl Folsom Guthrie Hams Prairie Hatton Hereford Millersburg Portland Readsville Reform Shamrock Steedman Stephens Tebbetts Toledo Wainwright Williamsburg Youngers Yucatan
Ghost towns	Cote Sans Dessein Garrett
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 38°43′08″N 92°00′34″W / 38.71889°N 92.00944°W / 38.71889; -92.00944

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