Fagus is an
unincorporated community in southeastern
Butler County,
Missouri, United States. It is located on
Route 51, approximately 18 miles southeast of
Poplar Bluff and one mile north of the
Arkansas state line.
A post office called Fagus was established in 1913, and remained in operation until 1973. The community was founded by lumberman
William N. Barron
William Nelson Barron (7 December 1859 – 21 October 1935) was a lawyer from Reading, Berkshire, Reading, Berkshire, England who settled in Poplar Bluff, Missouri in about 1894. In 1900, he became the plant manager and president of a factory th ...
and named after the Latin word for "beech tree".
References
Unincorporated communities in Butler County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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