Toga, Missouri

Toga is an unincorporated community located on Crowleys Ridge in northern Stoddard County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.^[1] The community lies two miles northeast of Advance on Missouri Route 25. The Stoddard-Bollinger-Cape Girardeau county line junction is approximately one mile northeast of the location.^[2]

History

A post office called Toga was established in 1900, and remained in operation until 1903.^[3] The community has the first name of Toga Bill Rhodes, an early settler.^[4]

Notable person

• Gene Rhodes (1926-2014), former mayor of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, who founded Rhodes Oil Companies in 1963, was born in Toga.^[5]