Dillard is an unincorporated community in southern Crawford County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on Huzzah Creek and Missouri Route 49, approximately 22 miles south of Steelville in the Mark Twain National Forest.[2] The Dillard Mill State Historic Site lies about one mile south of the community at the confluence of Indian Creek with Huzzah Creek.
A post office called Dillard was established in 1886, and remained in operation until 1976.[3] The community was named after Joseph Dillard Cottrell, proprietor of nearby Dillard Mill.[4]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dillard, Missouri
- ^ Viburnum West, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1967 (1981 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 25, 2016.
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