Dittmer, Missouri Explained

Dittmer is an unincorporated community in western Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Route 30 southwest of Cedar Hill.[1]

The community's namesake is William Dittmer, an early postmaster who established a post office called Dittmer's Store in 1870.[2] [3] An 1891 railroad map calls the community "Dittmer's Store." It was officially named Dittmer in 1899.[4]

Today, Dittmer is home to the Vianney Renewal Center, a treatment center for Catholic clergy with sexual or other disorders.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p.48
  2. Web site: Jefferson County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived). bot: unknown. The State Historical Society of Missouri. 19 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071321/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_jefferson.html. 24 June 2016.
  3. Book: Eaton, David Wolfe. How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. 1916. 180.
  4. Web site: Post Offices . Jim Forte Postal History . 19 October 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161019143136/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Jefferson . 19 October 2016 .
  5. For years he's lived with neighbors who are abusive priests; by Lilly Fowler, 12 January 2015 St Louis Post-Dispatch

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