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

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Topaz, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 64, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Douglas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.

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


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