Czar is an unincorporated community in southeastern Crawford County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community was located on the east side of Shoal Creek on Missouri Route Y, approximately four miles north of Viburnum. The Czar church and cemetery are about one-half mile northwest and the Czar Lookout Tower is on a ridge about one mile northeast on Route Y.[2]
History
A post office called Czar was established in 1889, and remained in operation until 1916.[3] The origin of the name Czar is obscure.[4]
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Czar, Missouri
- ↑ Cortois, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1978 (1985 rev.)
- ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
- ↑ "Crawford County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
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37°45′11″N 91°07′06″W / 37.75306°N 91.11833°W
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