Dillard is an

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in southern

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, United States. It is located on Huzzah Creek and

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, approximately 22 miles south of Steelville in the

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. The Dillard Mill State Historic Site lies about one mile south of the community at the confluence of Indian Creek with Huzzah Creek. A post office called Dillard was established in 1886, and remained in operation until 1976. The community was named after Joseph Dillard Cottrell, proprietor of nearby Dillard Mill.

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