Radar, Missouri

Rader, pronounced locally as "rā dŗ", is an unincorporated community in southern Laclede County, Missouri, United States. It is about fifteen miles south of Lebanon at the intersection of Missouri Supplemental Routes ZZ and the Osage fork of the Gasconade River. Rader is served by the post office in Conway.

Rader is named from the surname of many of its original settlers, reinforced by the fact that the store within the town was called "Rader Store". A few descendants of the original Rader families still reside in the area.

Rader is the site of a bridge, a few churches, houses and a single store. Employment opportunities in Radar are limited; most residents find employment in nearby Conway, Lebanon, Hartville, Mansfield, Grovespring, Marshfield, Springfield or Fort Leonard Wood.

Rader is within the boundaries of the Laclede County R-1 School District, with schools located in nearby town of Conway, Missouri.