Dodds is an
unincorporated community
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in
New Madrid County
; french: Comté de New Madrid) is a county located in the Bootheel of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,434. The largest city and county seat is New Madrid, located on the northern side of the Kentucky Bend ...
, in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
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.
The community is on
Missouri Route D
A supplemental route is a state secondary road in the U.S. state of Missouri, designated with letters. Supplemental routes were various roads within the state which the Missouri Department of Transportation was given in 1952 to maintain in additi ...
between
Catron and
Lilbourn.
New Madrid lies 7.5 miles to the east. The
St. Louis Southwestern Railway passes just north of the community.
History
Variant names were Dodds Spur", "Sky" and "Warrington".
The community has the name of E. M. Dodd, a railroad official.
The local post office was called "Spurdod".
The Spurdod post office opened and closed in 1918.
References
Unincorporated communities in New Madrid County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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