Topaz, Missouri

Sign on the old Topaz mill building

Mill race at Topaz

Topaz is an unincorporated community in northeast Douglas County, Missouri.^[1] Topaz is an old mill site located on the North Fork River. Access is from Missouri Route 76 via either Missouri Route EE (from the northwest) or Missouri Route E (from the northeast).^[2]

History

A post office called Topaz was established in 1893, and remained in operation until 1943.^[3] The community's name most likely is a transfer from a place in a western state.^[4]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Topaz, Missouri
↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 64, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
↑ "Douglas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved 28 September 2016.

Municipalities and communities of Douglas County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Ava
City	Ava
Townships	Benton Boone Brown Brush Creek Bryan Buchanan Campbell Cass Champion Clay Clinton Findley Jackson Lincoln McKinley McMurtrey Miller Richland Spencer Spring Creek Walls Washington Wood
Unincorporated communities	Arden Arno Basher Bertha Brushyknob Buckhart Champion Cheney Coldspring Cross Roads Denlow Depew Dogwood Drury Fielden Filer Gentryville Girdner Goodhope Granada Hebron Merritt Ongo Prior Red Bank Richville Rome Roosevelt Roy Smallett Squires Sweden Tigris Topaz Vanzant Vera Cruz Witty
Ghost towns	Ann Bryant Larissa Omba Rippee Silverton Tedrick

Coordinates: 36°56′44″N 92°12′11″W / 36.94556°N 92.20306°W / 36.94556; -92.20306

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