Bucyrus, Missouri Explained

Bucyrus is an unincorporated community in central Texas County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Route 17, approximately three miles northwest of Houston.[1] The ZIP Code for Bucyrus is 65444.[2]

An early variant name was "Odd".[3] A post office called Bucyrus has been in operation since 1898.[4] The present name is after the city of Bucyrus, Ohio, the native home of a first settler.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54,
  2. Web site: Bucyrus ZIP Code. zipdatamaps.com. 2022. November 18, 2022.
  3. Web site: Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945 . The State Historical Society of Missouri . December 28, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071622/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_texas.html . June 24, 2016 . live .
  4. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 28 December 2016.
  5. Book: How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named . The State Historical Society of Missouri . Eaton, David Wolfe . 1918 . 367.

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