Topaz, Missouri

Topaz is an unincorporated community in northeast Douglas County, Missouri, United States.[1] Topaz is an old mill site located on the North Fork River. Access to the community is from Missouri Route 76 via either Missouri Route EE (from the northwest) or Missouri Route E (from the northeast).[2]

Sign on the old Topaz mill building
Mill race at Topaz

History

A post office called Topaz was established in 1893, and remained in operation until 1943.[3] The community's name most likely is a transfer from a place in a western state.[4]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Topaz, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 64, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  4. "Douglas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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