Bucyrus, Missouri

Bucyrus is an unincorporated community in central Texas County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on Route 17, approximately two miles northwest of Houston.

An early variant name was "Odd".[2] A post office called Bucyrus has been in operation since 1898.[3] The present name is after the city of Bucyrus, Ohio, the native home of a first settler.[2][4]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bucyrus, Missouri
  2. "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  4. Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 367.



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