Luebbering is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in eastern Franklin County

Franklin County, Missouri

Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri on the south side of the Missouri River. Franklin County is part of the St. Louis Metro Area and contains many of the St. Louis exurbs. Census 2010 put the population at 101,492; making it the 10th most populous county in Missouri....

, Missouri

Missouri

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, United States

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. It is also known as "lametown" to its residents. It is about eight miles east of St. Clair and about one mile south of Lonedell

Lonedell, Missouri

Lonedell is an unincorporated community in eastern Franklin County, Missouri, United States. It is about eight miles east of St. Clair on Route 30, or about an hour southwest of Saint Louis....

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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

Johann Friedrich Lübbering

Johann Friedrich Lübbering was the first postmaster of Luebbering, Missouri.-Early life in Germany:Johann Friedrich Lübbering was born in Schwaförden, Lower Saxony, Germany, the eldest son of 34-year-old Albert Friedrich Lübbering and Anna Margaretha Dorothea Elisabeth Meier, who was a farmer in...

 (February 4, 1830, Schwaförden, Lower Saxony, Germany

Schwaförden

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 - 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.

Other postmasters were J. E. Taylor (April 15, 1896 to October 7, 1896), Fred A. Pilliod (October 7, 1896 to June 16, 1899), Edward L. Ingalls (June 16, 1899 to November 4, 1901), Albert F. Gloriad (November 4 to May 9, 1903), Fred A. Pilliod (May 9, 1903 to August 22, 1911), and Tom M. Hoff (August 22, 1911 to July 11, 1915). James Aloysious Pilliod held the position from August 19, 1915 to July 11, 1917, Sidney M. Bardot (July 11, 1917 to December 1946), Walter Lewis (1946 to 1961), Valbert Pilliod (1961 to August 3, 1973), and Lena Lee, who has held the position since August 3, 1973.