Millersburg, Missouri

Millersburg is an unincorporated community in Callaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is located near the Boone-Callaway county line on the Owl Creek tributary of Cedar Creek. The Little Dixie Lake and Little Dixie Wildlife Management Area lie on Owl Creek just north of the community. It is on Missouri Route J about four miles south of I-70.[2]

History

Millersburg is one of the oldest settlements in Callaway County to be established after Missouri statehood in 1821, and was located along the southernmost historic "Boone's Lick" trail route of about 1826.[3] Millersburg was platted in 1829.[4] The community derives its name from Thomas Miller, a pioneer settler from Kentucky.[5] A local post office called Millersburg was established in 1830, and remained in operation until 1953.[6]

Notable person

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Millersburg, Missouri
  2. Millersburg NE, Mo, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS, 1969 (1986 rev.)
  3. Bell, Ovid. "A Short History of Callaway County" published in "A History of Northeast Missouri", Walter Williams, Ed. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co.,1913.
  4. "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.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 208.
  6. "Callaway County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  7. United States Department of Agriculture-Beverly Thomas Galloway papers


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