Busch is an extinct town in Pike County, in the

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. The

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classifies it as a populated place. A post office called Busch was in operation from 1886 until 1948. The community took its name from the

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company which kept an ice warehouse near the site.

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Anheuser-Busch Ghost towns in Missouri Former populated places in Pike County, Missouri {{PikeCountyMO-geo-stub