An early variant name was "Caldwell".[3] A post office called Caldwell was established in 1880, the name was changed to Dixie in 1892, and the post office closed in 1905.[4] The present name is after Dixie Caldwell, an early postmaster's daughter.[3]
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^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dixie, Missouri
^ ab. The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^. Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
dixie, missouri, confused, with, little, dixie, missouri, dixie, unincorporated, community, southwestern, callaway, county, state, missouri, community, located, intersection, missouri, routes, ridge, between, middle, river, east, hillers, creek, west, jefferso. Not to be confused with Little Dixie Missouri Dixie is an unincorporated community in southwestern Callaway County in the U S state of Missouri 1 The community is located at the intersection of Missouri Routes BB and PP It is on a ridge between Middle River to the east and Hillers Creek to the west Jefferson City on the Missouri River lies 12 miles to the southwest 2 History editAn early variant name was Caldwell 3 A post office called Caldwell was established in 1880 the name was changed to Dixie in 1892 and the post office closed in 1905 4 The present name is after Dixie Caldwell an early postmaster s daughter 3 References edit U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Dixie Missouri Missouri Atlas amp Gazetteer DeLorme 1st ed 1998 p 38 ISBN 0899332242 a b Callaway County Place Names 1928 1945 archived The State Historical Society of Missouri Archived from the original on June 24 2016 Retrieved September 7 2016 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Post Offices Jim Forte Postal History Archived from the original on March 6 2016 Retrieved September 7 2016 38 43 08 N 92 00 34 W 38 71889 N 92 00944 W 38 71889 92 00944 nbsp This Callaway County Missouri state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dixie Missouri amp oldid 1166851947, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
