Do you know of Dwyer ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Dwyer. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Dwyer.

Our sources for Dwyer (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Dwyer other than they indicate that Dwyer would be found somewhere in Saint Louis County, Missouri.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1884 and closed  in 1904.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Dwyer ...

We found four communities that share the name Dwyer.

Within Missouri, the name Dwyer is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Mississippi
    • Sunflower County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Dwyer [Sunflower County].
  • New Mexico
    • Grant County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Dwyer [Grant County].
  • Ohio
    • Montgomery County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Dwyer [Montgomery County].
  • Wyoming
    • Platte County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Dwyer [Platte County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Dwyer ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Dwyer:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Dwyer - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Map from 1904 (unknown title/publisher)

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Dwyer.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 29/20611   (Place Name: Dwyer)

County: St. Louis     (FIPS State/County: 29/189)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Dwyer) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Saint Louis County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Saint Louis County.