Redtop, Missouri

Redtop is an unincorporated community in Dallas County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located west of U.S. Route 65 (on an older alignment of the highway), approximately 9 mi (14 km) south of Buffalo.

For the settlement in Webster County, see Red Top, Missouri.
Redtop, Missouri
Unincorporated community
Redtop
Redtop
Coordinates: 37°30′13″N 93°08′39″W
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyDallas
TownshipJasper
Elevation
371 m (1,217 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID737911[1]

Redtop is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

A post office was established in 1889 or earlier, and was named "Cassity" after the postmaster, T.N. Cassity.[1][2] Because the name was similar to "Cassidy", a post office in southern Missouri, the name was changed to "Marmaduke", after Confederate general John S. Marmaduke.[1][2] That name was too long for the postal ring or stamp, and again needed to be changed. Cassity's wife suggested "redtop", which was a type of grass (Agrostis gigantea) which grew in a large field behind the store in which the office was housed, and which had a reddish color when ripe.[2]

The post office was later moved to U.S. Route 65.[2]

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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Redtop
  2. "Dallas County Place Names, 1928-1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved September 14, 2016.



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