Southard is an unincorporated community in southern Laclede County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is on a county road two miles south of Nebo and 3.5 miles northwest of Lynchburg. The Pine Creek tributary to the Gasconade River flows past the south side of the community.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 53,
History A post office called Southard was established in 1906, and remained in operation until 1939. Family name was given after early "outlaws" scrambled to Texas.
Notable person Julia Southard Lee, a textile researcher, was born at Southard in 1897.
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