Official Name: | New Offenburg, Missouri |
Settlement Type: | unincorporated community |
Mapsize: | 250x200px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Missouri |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Sainte Genevieve |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Pop Est As Of: | 2019 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 232 |
Elevation Ft: | 761 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 63661 |
Area Code: | 573 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 29-57116[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 724239 |
New Offenburg is an unincorporated community in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately ten miles southwest of Ste. Genevieve on Route 32.
The community was named after Offenburg, a German city between the Black Forest and the river Rhine, the place where its early settlers originated from.[2]
In 1867 the settlers in New Offenburg founded a first Post Office ( Post Office ). The small settlement developed around this post office. New Offenburg was on the Missouri – Illinois Railroad, a major railroad that operated between 1921 and 1978. Today New Offenburg is on Missouri State Route 32.
German-speaking descendants of the immigrants at that time live in New Offenburg to this day and speak a dialect of Baden in addition to American English. Other speakers of the Baden dialects can be found in Weingarten and Zell.
It is located 10 miles southwest of Ste. Genevieve. It has an altitude of 761abbr=offNaNabbr=off. Coordinates are 37.9086642°N, -90.1973404°W.[3]
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, New Offenburg has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.
New Offenburg is served by the St. Genevieve School District with Ste. Genevieve Sr. High School, Middle and elementary School.[4]
In 2013, the German documentary filmmaker Johannes Suhm shot the Documentation "New Offenburg - The Last Badeners in the USA" about the residents of the settlement.