Dutzow,_Missouri

Dutzow, Missouri

Dutzow, Missouri

Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.

Dutzow is an unincorporated community in southeastern Warren County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on Route 94, approximately three miles north of Washington. Located near the Missouri River, it is one of the oldest German communities in the state.[2]

History

Dutzow Post Office

The Berlin Society established a settlement at present-day Dutzow in the 1830s.[3] For this reason, it is often considered a "Latin Settlement". A post office called Dutzow has been in operation since 1869.[4] According to tradition, the community was named after Dutzow in northeast Germany, the ancestral home of one of the first settlers, Johann Wilhelm Bock.[3][5]

Dutzow today

Located along the Katy Trail, Dutzow sees considerable tourism each year. It is also the home of Blumenhof Vineyard & Winery. Another tourism draw is the Saint Vincent de Paul Church, constructed in 1874.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dutzow, Missouri
  2. [2]
    McMillen, Margot Ford (1994). Paris, Tightwad, and Peculiar: Missouri Place Names. University of Missouri Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-8262-0972-6. ...was one of the first German settlements.
  3. [3]
    Burnett, Robyn; Luebbering, Ken (1996). German Settlement in Missouri: New Land, Old Ways. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri. pp. 23–24. ISBN 978-0826210944.
  4. [4]
    "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Warren County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  6. [6]
    "Sant Vincent de Paul Church". Rome of the West.com. 2004. Retrieved September 25, 2012.

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