Redbird, Missouri Explained

Redbird is an unincorporated community in southern Gasconade County, Missouri, United States. The community lies on Price Creek, a small tributary of the Bourbeuse River and approximately one half mile southwest of the Bourbeuse.^[1] Owensville lies about eleven miles to the north-northeast and St. James lies about twelve miles to the south-southwest.^[2]

History

Redbird (or Red Bird) was so named by its first postmaster, because he thought it would be an easy name to spell and remember.^[3]

References

38.1817°N -91.5706°W

Notes and References

1. Redbird, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1962 (1980 rev.)
2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 47,
3. Book: How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named . The State Historical Society of Missouri . Eaton, David Wolfe . 1916 . 169.