Redtop, Missouri
Redtop is an unincorporated community in Dallas County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located west of U.S. Route 65 (on an older alignment of the highway), approximately 9 mi (14 km) south of Buffalo.
Redtop is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
A post office was established in 1889 or earlier, and was named "Cassity" after the postmaster, T.N. Cassity.[1][2] Because the name was similar to "Cassidy", a post office in southern Missouri, the name was changed to "Marmaduke", after Confederate general John S. Marmaduke.[1][2] That name was too long for the postal ring or stamp, and again needed to be changed. Cassity's wife suggested "redtop", which was a type of grass (Agrostis gigantea) which grew in a large field behind the store in which the office was housed, and which had a reddish color when ripe.[2]
The post office was later moved to U.S. Route 65.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Redtop
- ^ a b c d "Dallas County Place Names, 1928-1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
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