Burfordville, Missouri

Overview

• Location: Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
• Legal status: Unincorporated
• Founded: ca. 1867 by Solomon R. Burford
• Name origin: Solomon R. Burford
• Previously known as: Bollingerville
• Alternate name: Burfordsville

Geography

• Located on MO 34 at the Route UU/OO intersection
• Latitude: 37°22'03" N   (+37.3675)
• Longitude: 89°48'25" W   (-89.8069)
• Elevation: 388 feet above sea level
• Public Land Survey: T. 31 N., R. 11 E., Sec. 14 & 15
• Civil township: Kinder

As the crow flies, Burfordville is...

• 1.9 miles NE of Gravel Hill
• 4.4 miles NW of Tilsit
• 4.5 miles S of Millersville
• 6.3 miles N of Crump
• 6.6 miles E of Scopus
• 7.5 miles S of Kurreville
• 7.7 miles NE of Laflin
• 8.0 miles NW of Gordonville
• 8.2 miles W of Jackson
• 8.8 miles SW of Brookside
• 14.9 miles W of Cape Girardeau
• 89.5 miles S of St. Louis

History

Name origin

Named for Solomon R. Burford, who purchased Bollinger Mill and rebuilt it in 1867.

Timeline

1800

George F. Bollinger settled here and built a mill

ca. 1867

Burfordville founded when Solomon Burford purchased the mill from the Bollinger family and rebuilt it

1950s

Burfordville disincorporated

Demographics