Luebbering, Missouri

Luebbering is an unincorporated community in eastern Franklin County, Missouri, United States. It is about eight miles east of St. Clair and about one mile south of Lonedell.

The town of Luebbering and the Luebbering post office was founded June 30, 1888, and the Luebbering post office was established to replace the defunct Rucker's Prairie post office. The new town and post office was established within a mile of where Rucker's Prairie was located. The founding father of Luebbering was John Frederick Luebbering[1] (February 4, 1830, Schwaförden, Lower Saxony, Germany - February 9, 1904, St. Louis), who served as the first postmaster and merchant until April 18, 1896. The town was named for John Frederick Luebbering. It is located in Section 20, Township 41, Range 2 East, Franklin County, Missouri. Source: The Centennial Biographical Directory of Franklin County, Missouri, compiled and published by Herman Gottlieb Kiel, 1925, page 205.

References

  1. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 168.

Coordinates: 38°16′13″N 90°49′09″W / 38.27028°N 90.81917°W / 38.27028; -90.81917


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