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]

  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.