Bucyrus, Missouri

Bucyrus is an unincorporated community in central Texas County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on Route 17, approximately three miles northwest of Houston.[2] The ZIP Code for Bucyrus is 65444.[3]

An early variant name was "Odd".[4] A post office called Bucyrus has been in operation since 1898.[5] The present name is after the city of Bucyrus, Ohio, the native home of a first settler.[4][6]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bucyrus, Missouri
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Bucyrus ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  5. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  6. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 367.