Leibig, Missouri facts for kids

Leibig is a small, quiet place in southwestern Ripley County, Missouri. It's not a big city with its own government, but rather a community where people live. You can find it about eight miles southwest of a town called Doniphan. It's also just three miles north of the border with Arkansas. The Fourche River flows nearby, just to the west of Leibig.

A Look Back: The History of Leibig

The name of this community, Leibig, was sometimes spelled differently as Liebig. It was named after an early settler, a brave person who helped start the community, named John Liebig.

For many years, Leibig even had its own post office! This post office opened in 1905 and helped people send and receive letters and packages. It stayed open for about 26 years, closing its doors in 1931.