Edinburg, MO

Edinburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Grundy County, Missouri, United States, 5 miles west of Trenton. The 2020 census counted 84 residents. The hamlet was the first in Grundy County and was called "Buck Snort" in 1838 when Grundy County's first white settler William Preston Thompson established his house. A home of Thompson, for whom the Thompson Branch of the Grand River is named, is in nearby Crowder State Park. Edinburg's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Missouri setting. The local scoop is how Edinburg's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Edinburg is home to Grand River College from 1850 until 1892 when it moved to Gallatin, Missouri.