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Cottbus, Missouri

Coordinates: 36°38′58″N 91°50′54″W / 36.64944°N 91.84833°W / 36.64944; -91.84833
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Evergreen church building and cemetery at Cottbus, Missouri

Cottbus is an unincorporated community in southern Howell County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located south of West Plains on County Road 8470 between State Routes 17 and PP.

History

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Cottbus was founded sometime before 1883. Dr. Charles T. Ludwig was the first postmaster and named it after his hometown of Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany.[2] A post office called Cottbus was established in 1880, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1914.[3]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cottbus, Missouri
  2. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 175.
  3. ^ "Howell County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.

36°38′58″N 91°50′54″W / 36.64944°N 91.84833°W / 36.64944; -91.84833