Cottbus, Missouri

Cottbus is an unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri, United States.^[1] It is located on County Road 8470 between Route 17 and Route PP.

Cottbus, Missouri

History

Cottbus was founded before 1883. Dr. Charles T. Ludwig was the first postmaster and named it after his hometown of Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany.^[2] A post office called Cottbus was established in 1880, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1914.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cottbus, Missouri
↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 175.
↑ "Howell County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.

Municipalities and communities of Howell County, Missouri, United States

County seat: West Plains

Cities	Brandsville Mountain View West Plains Willow Springs

Townships	Benton Chapel Dry Creek Goldsberry Howell Hutton Valley Myatt Siloam Springs Sisson South Fork Spring Creek Willow Springs

CDPs	Pomona South Fork

Other unincorporated communities	Amy Arditta Burnham Caulfield Chapel Chapin China Cottbus Crider Cull Cureall Egypt Grove Fanchon Frankville Fruitville Grimmet Hocomo Homeland Horton Hutton Valley Lanton Lebo Leota Moody Olden Peace Valley Pottersville Siloam Springs Sterling Trask

Ghost towns	Bly Carson Mott

Coordinates: 36°38′58″N 91°50′54″W / 36.64944°N 91.84833°W / 36.64944; -91.84833

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/1/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.