Cottbus, Missouri

Cottbus is an unincorporated community in southern Howell County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located south of West Plains on County Road 8470 between State Routes 17 and PP.

Evergreen church building and cemetery at Cottbus, Missouri

History

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


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