Rader is an unincorporated community in the northeast corner of Webster County, in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri.[1] The community is located on Missouri Route ZZ between Conway to the northwest and Grovespring to the southeast. Rader is on the southern floodplain of the Osage Fork Gasconade River.[2][3]

History

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A post office called Rader was established in 1886, and remained in operation until 1905.[4] The community has the name of the local Rader family.[5]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rader, Missouri
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 53, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ Radar Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1956
  4. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  5. ^ "Webster County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2017.

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