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  2. Missouri Rhineland - Wikipedia

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    Missouri communities motivated by the war attempted to outlaw German, and campaigned to change street names from "offensive-sounding" German to acceptable American names. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Hermann German is a form of Rhenish German ( German : Rheindeutsch ), and there are other German settlements and German American farms where German is still ...

  3. List of place names of German origin in the United States

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    The former name of Otoe, Nebraska, anti-German sentiment extended to a town that bore the name of Germany's capital. A 1918 series of fires that destroyed a block of the town's main street was attributed to anti-German crusaders. In October 1918, less than a month before the war's end, the town's name was changed to its current Otoe. [12]

  4. List of cities in Missouri - Wikipedia

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    A municipality incorporates as a 4th Class city if the population is between 500 and 2,999 (under 500, it may incorporate as a village [1] – see list of villages in Missouri). It may incorporate as a 3rd Class city if the population is between 3,000 and 29,999. [2] There is more flexibility in government for 3rd Class cities than 4th Class.

  5. List of Missouri places named after non-U.S. places - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Missouri places named after non-US places. In the case of this list, place means any named location that's smaller than a county or equivalent: cities, towns, villages, hamlets, neighborhoods, municipalities, boroughs, townships, civil parishes, localities, Census Designated Places, and some districts.

  6. Frohna, Missouri - Wikipedia

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    Concordia Lutheran Church is a member of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. The Saxon Fall Festival is held every October at the Saxon Lutheran Memorial. [7] The Saxon Lutheran Memorial is a tribute to the German Lutheran migration of 1838/1839, and features a number of log cabins from that era. [8]

  7. In these Missouri towns, murals paint pictures of ... - AOL

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  8. Altenburg, Missouri - Wikipedia

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    Altenburg is one of seven towns and villages in the area founded by German Lutheran immigrants in 1839. Altenburg and the other communities—Dresden, Frohna, Johannisberg, Paitzdorf, Seelitz, and Wittenberg—were all named by settlers for towns in the Saxony region of their native country. [7]

  9. List of villages in Missouri - Wikipedia

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    In Missouri, villages are municipalities which incorporated with a population under 500. If the population is larger than 500, it may incorporate as a city [1] (see List of cities in Missouri). If the population increases beyond 500 after incorporation, a vote may be held to change to a city government, but it is not automatic.