Reger, 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
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Reger, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p.22 ISBN 0899332242
  3. "Sullivan County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  4. Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 367.
  5. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  6. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

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