Toga is an

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located on Crowleys Ridge in northern Stoddard County, in the

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. The community lies two miles northeast of Advance on

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. The Stoddard-

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county line junction is approximately one mile northeast of the location.

History

A post office called Toga was established in 1900, and remained in operation until 1903. The community has the first name of Toga Bill Rhodes, an early settler.

Notable person

Gene Rhodes Eugene Stephen Rhodes (September 2, 1927 – March 10, 2018) was an American basketball player and coach. Career Rhodes played college basketball at Western Kentucky University. While Rhodes was a player, WKU won the Ohio Valley Conference ch ...

(1926-2014), former mayor of

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, who founded Rhodes Oil Companies in 1963, was born in Toga.

References

Unincorporated communities in Stoddard County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri 1900 establishments in Missouri {{StoddardCountyMO-geo-stub