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[[File:Girdner PO.jpg|thumb|The old Girdner post office]]
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[[File:Girdner Cemetery.jpg|thumb|The cemetery at Girdner, Missouri]]
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'''Girdner''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in [[Douglas County, Missouri|Douglas County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Missouri]].<ref>{{GNIS|750044}}</ref>
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'''Girdner''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in [[Douglas County, Missouri|Douglas County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Missouri]].<ref name=GNIS/> Girdner is located in central Douglas County southeast of [[Ava, Missouri|Ava]] on Missouri State Route P and the north side of Rippee Creek, a tributary of [[Bryant Creek]].<ref> Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 63, ISBN 0-89933-224-2 </ref>


==History==
==History==
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[[File:Girdner Cemetery.jpg|thumb|left|The cemetery at Girdner, Missouri]]
A post office called Girdner was established in 1885, and remained in operation until 1942.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=28 September 2016}}</ref> The community has the name of "Doc" Girdner, a pioneer citizen.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071714/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_douglas.html | title=Douglas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)| publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate=28 September 2016}}</ref>
A post office called Girdner was established in 1885, and remained in operation until 1942.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=28 September 2016}}</ref> The community has the name of "Doc" Girdner, a pioneer citizen.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071714/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_douglas.html | title=Douglas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)| publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate=28 September 2016}}</ref>
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==References==
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{{Douglas County, Missouri}}
{{Douglas County, Missouri}}

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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Douglas County, Missouri]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Douglas County, Missouri]]

Revision as of 23:52, 7 December 2016

Girdner, Missouri
Historic community
The old Girdner post office
The old Girdner post office
CountryU. S. A.
StateMissouri
CountyDouglas County
Elevation
[1]
320 m (1,050 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)

Girdner is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] Girdner is located in central Douglas County southeast of Ava on Missouri State Route P and the north side of Rippee Creek, a tributary of Bryant Creek.[2]

History

The cemetery at Girdner, Missouri

A post office called Girdner was established in 1885, and remained in operation until 1942.[3] The community has the name of "Doc" Girdner, a pioneer citizen.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:750044,Girdner
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 63, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Douglas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
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