Unincorporated community in the American state of Missouri
Reger is an
unincorporated community in
Sullivan County ,
Missouri , United States.
[1] It is located along
Missouri Route 6 , approximately six miles southwest of
Milan .
Locust Creek flows past just to the east.
[2]
Reger was laid out in 1881.
[3] The community has the name of O. M. Reger, an early citizen.
[4] A post office called Reger was established in 1881, and remained in operation until 1968.
[5]
Henry Cemetery was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
[6]
References
^
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Reger, Missouri
^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p.22
ISBN
0899332242
^
"Sullivan County Place Names, 1928–1945" . The State Historical Society of Missouri.
Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016 .
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1918).
How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named . The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 367.
^
"Post Offices" . Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 27, 2016 .
^
"National Register Information System" .
National Register of Historic Places .
National Park Service . July 9, 2010.
40°08′38″N 93°11′34″W / 40.14389°N 93.19278°W / 40.14389; -93.19278