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History · Burfordville

Burfordville’s post office opened in 1869, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

Most of Burfordville was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Its Register listings are the Burfordville Covered Bridge and the Burfordville Mill. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1933 on.

1869first post office
2on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Burfordville’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Burfordville began, and where its name came from

When was Burfordville founded?

1869

The Burfordville post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 87157 years

How did Burfordville get its name?

The town was later named Burfordville for local pioneer John Burford.

Founding year: the first Burfordville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Burfordville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Burfordville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Burfordville’s history is told.

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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story

How Burfordville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Burfordville.

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Major George Bollinger, a Swiss German immigrant, arrived in the area from North Carolina. He built the first mill on the Whitewater River in 1797. Bollinger was promised a large concession of land if he agreed to return to North Carolina and encouraged others to move to Missouri. He then returned to North Carolina and brought back with him to Missouri 20 other Swiss and German immigrant families. The village was incorporated in 1900.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Burfordville, decade by decade

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Bollinger Covered Bridge & MillDate?Bollinger Covered Bridge & Mill
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On the map

Burfordville on the map, 1933 to 1980

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Burfordville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Burfordville on the 1933 USGS mapBurfordville on the 1980 USGS map1933Marble Hill sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Burfordville.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Bollinger Covered Bridge & Mill
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Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Burfordville’s page.

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On the National Register

2 historic places in Burfordville

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1970
Burfordville Covered Bridge
Burfordville Covered BridgeBurfordville Mill
BuildingsStructures
Burfordville Covered BridgeStructure
Burfordville MillBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Burfordville

Nobody well known was born in Burfordville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Rush LimbaughAmerican political commentator · b. 1951
Linda M. GodwinAmerican astronaut · b. 1952
Roy ThomasAmerican comic book writer and editor · b. 1940
Terry JonesAmerican anti-Islamic right wing activist and t… · b. 1951
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Billy SwanAmerican musician and songwriter · b. 1942
Chic HechtAmerican politician · b. 1928

Questions about Burfordville’s history

What year was Burfordville founded?

The Burfordville post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Burfordville?

Two places: the Burfordville Covered Bridge (listed 1970) and the Burfordville Mill (1971).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), the Library of Congress (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.