Burdett, Missouri
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Burdett is an unincorporated community in northwest Bates County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.{{GNIS|715065}} The community is on Missouri Route FF approximately seven miles west northwest of Adrian.Missouri Atlas & Gasetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed, 1998, p. 34 {{isbn|0899332242}}
History
Burdett was platted in 1870, and named after Samuel Swinfin Burdett, a state legislator.{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_bates.html |title=Bates County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=1 September 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071125/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_bates.html |archivedate=24 June 2016 }} A post office called Burdett was established in 1870, and remained in operation until 1904.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO |title=Post Offices |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=1 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306175959/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO |archivedate=6 March 2016 }}
References
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Bates County, Missouri
Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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