Burch, Missouri
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Burch is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in northeast Wayne County, in the
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of
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. The community is near the headwaters of Bear Creek along County road 207 approximately 3.5 miles southeast of Coldwater and 3.5 miles north of Clubb.


History

A post office called Burch was established in 1908, and remained in operation until 1938. The community has the name of George Burch, an early settler.


References

Unincorporated communities in Wayne County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{WayneCountyMO-geo-stub