Kinzer, Missouri Explained

Official Name:Kinzer, Missouri
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Missouri#USA
Pushpin Label:Kinzer
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Butler
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:331
Coordinates:36.7603°N -90.3339°W
Area Code:573
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:739860

Kinzer is an unincorporated community in Butler County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

The community was just south of Missouri Route B (old Route 60) three miles east of Poplar Bluff and was a station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad.[1]

Kinzer was named after Isaac Kinzer, a businessperson in the local lumber industry.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Poplar Bluff, MO, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1935 (1950 rev.)
  2. Web site: Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) . The State Historical Society of Missouri . 6 September 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071902/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_butler.html . 24 June 2016 .