What the record shows
The federal survey describes the site: The Vieman post office and store had its beginning about 1900. The dual business began with Lorenzo D. Vieman who was born in the Vieman settlement in Gasconade County near Red Bird. He opened the first store at Red Bird. Later he moved to a farm, began the mercantile business, and was appointed postmaster in 1904 at Vieman. (Villages of Crawford County, Missouri, James Ira Breuer, 1972 p. 111)
This is an abandoned village located near the c. of Bourbois T. It was named for the proprietor of the store.
Viemanappears in the U.S. Geological Survey's place-name archive as a historical populated place — a settlement that once carried a name and no longer does. Our editors are verifying its full story against census records, newspaper archives, and county histories; this record will grow as sources are confirmed.
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