Leopold, Missouri

Overview

• Location: Bollinger County, Missouri
• Legal status: Unincorporated
• Founded: 1856 by Rev. John van Luytelaar
• Name origin: Pope Leo XIII
• Previously known as: Vinemount and Leopolis

Geography

• Located on Spur Route N southeast of Marble Hill
• Latitude: 37°15'28" N   (+37.2578)
• Longitude: 89°55'35" W   (-89.9264)
• Elevation: 639 feet above sea level
• Public Land Survey: T. 30 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 22
• Civil township: Lorance

As the crow flies, Leopold is...

• 2.5 miles SW of Laflin
• 4.3 miles SE of Marble Hill
• 4.8 miles N of Glennon
• 5.1 miles NW of Drum
• 5.5 miles W of Crump
• 6.5 miles N of Dongola
• 6.9 miles NE of Schlatitz
• 6.9 miles SE of Glenallen
• 7.2 miles W of Whitewater
• 7.6 miles NE of Sank
• 21.2 miles W of Cape Girardeau
• 95.7 miles S of St. Louis

History

Name origin

Named after Pope Leo XIII.

Timeline

1856

Rev. John van Luytelaar and several families moved west from Ohio and established the town of Vinemount

1887

Post office built.

1887

It was realized that another town in Missouri was called Vinemount, and so a new name had to be chosen for the post office. The first proposed name, Leopolis, was rejected by the Postal Service, but Leopold was accepted.