Dutzow, Missouri
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N 38° 36.257 W 090° 59.787
15S E 674461 N 4274768
Small town, original Gotfried Duden promoted town. First German Immigrant Settlement in Missouri 1832
Waymark Code: WMV9JP
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 03/19/2017
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County of town: Warren County
Location of town: MO-94 & Bluff Rd, & Katy Trail, Warren County
County is eastern-central in Missouri
Post Office Location Bluff Rd. & MO-94, Dutzow
Elevation: 495 feet (151 meters)
Population: under 50
Old Photo: 1967
New Photo: 2016
Marker Text:
(ORIGINAL) DUTZOWFounded by Johann Wilhelm Bock. He named this village after his estate in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany.
1832 - A landholding company, Frederick Rathje & Co., purchased 252.79 acres of land in the original Stephen Jackson Survey #1769. One hundred sixty-eight lots were platted. This land purchase was made for the members of what was known as the Berlin Society. After settling his affairs in Germany, Bock arrived in Dutzow at a later date.
1834 - He built a brick house on a site containing several springs, a stone house, a mill and a distillery. Fond of entertaining, Bock invited the most elite of the immigrants to his home.
1835 - Bock began to have financial problems resulting in the sale of his property to pay off debts.
1869 - A post office was established with Peter Quickert as postmaster.
1893 - Railroad services became available. Businesses and residences were constructed nearer to the railroad.
Bock's dream of creating a 'pure German Village' never materialized, but German culture and heritage flourished. ~ Boone-Duden Historical Society