Buchanan County Place Names, 1928-1945
| Place name: | Adams |
| Description: | This is a
country post office. Nothing could be found on the name. (Cited in MISSOURI GAZ., 1891, p. 122) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Agency |
| Description: | The present
town of Agency owes its existence to Agency Ford (q.v.). It was platted in 1865 by William Smith. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Agency Ford |
| Description: | Formerly there was a road from Clay County to the Blacksnake Hills which crossed the
Platte River at the point where Agency now stands. Here the river was shallow and could be forded by teams. The agency of
the Sac and Fox Indians was established at this point also. Liberty, Clay County, was the nearest trading point for the settlers in
Buchanan County, and the ford as well as the agency became well known. General Andres S. Hughes acted as agent here for
many years before the Platte Purchase. (HIST. BUCHANAN 1881,p. 47, p. 374 f; HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1904, p. 47;
Eaton, p. 264) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Agency Township |
| Description: | First settled in 1837, and doubtless named from Agency Ford (q.v.). (HIST. BUCHANAN
1881, p. 130) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Annie |
| Description: | Annie is a
country post office and a feminine name; but why chosen is not known. (Cited in MISSOURI GAZ., 1891, p. 130) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Arnoldsville |
| Description: | At one
time, Arnoldsville was a prosperous trading point and post office. It takes its name from Eli Arnold, a native of Ohio, who came
about 1847 to Missouri, and built a mill where the town later was located. Arnold was the first postmaster of the town. (HIST.
BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1904, p. 43; HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1896, p. 68; HIST. BUCHANAN, 1905, p. 68; HIST.
BUCHANAN, 1881, p. 378) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Arnoldsville School |
| Description: | Named for a town. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Bartlett School |
| Description: | Named for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Bee Creek [1 of 2] |
| Description: | Bee Creek is a railroad point where the Santa Fe and Chicago, Great Western Railways
join. The name is derived from the creek of the same name. (HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1898, p. 73) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Bee Creek [2 of 2] |
| Description: | Like other streams of the same name, or similar, Bee Creek perhaps derived its name from
the fact that hunters, in an early day, found an abundance of honey along its banks. (Cited Hutawa's Map, 1844; HIST.
BUCHANAN 1881, p. 377) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Benton |
| Description: | "The
commissioners named the new county seat Benton, in honor of Senator Thomas H. Benton, but this did not meet with popular
approval, and at the August Term, the County Court changed the name to Sparta," (q.v.). (HIST. BUCHANAN, p. 45; HIST.
BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, p. 26) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The
Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Benton School |
| Description: | Named for a famous man. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha
K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Bermond School |
| Description: | Named for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Bethel School |
| Description: | A
Biblical name. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Birming |
| Description: | The present
village of Halleck (q.v.) was formerly called Birming. (HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1904, p. 44; HIST. BUCHANAN, p.
69) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Blacksnake Creek |
| Description: | This creek is said to have been named by the Indians, who inhabited the region of the
Blacksnake Hills. (Thomas F. Ryan (letter); Robidoux p. 93; Names File No. 7; HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, p.
55) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Blacksnake Hills |
| Description: | The
post of Joseph Robidoux was called Blacksnake Hills, a name given by the Indians. It is said that there were many blacksnakes in
the hills in the early days. (Thomas F. Ryan (letter); Conard, Vol. I, p. 285; HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1904, p. 26; HIST.
BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1898, p. 46; Robidoux, p. 68; MORNING HERALD, Aug. 20, 1873, p. 8) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Blair School |
| Description: | Named
for a famous man. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Bliss School |
| Description: | Named
for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Bloomington |
| Description: | Bloomington, now called De Kalb (q.v.) was laid off in 1837, with a square in the center for
the purpose of accommodating the courthouse. James Finch, the founder, owned the first store in the place. He was a
Bostonian. The origin of the name was not discovered. In 1851 the name was changed to De Kalb. (Louise P. Hauck (letter); HIST.
BUCHANAN, 1881, p. 370; Session Laws, 1850, p. 428; HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1915, p. 56) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Bloomington Township |
| Description: | Established in 1839 and evidently named for the town of Bloomington. (MORNING HERALD,
Aug. 20, 1873, p. 8; Louise P. Hauck (letter); HIST. BUCHANAN, 1915, p. 39) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Boyer's Settlement |
| Description: | Named after the Boyer family, who lived in that locality. (Names File, No.
21) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Brick School |
| Description: | A
descriptive name. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Bruce School |
| Description: | Named
for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Buchanan County |
| Description: | Buchanan County was organized February 10, 1839, and named in honor of James
Buchanan of Pennsylvania, who afterwards became President of the United States. At that time he represented the United States
at the Court of St. Petersburg and was a popular idol at home. Formerly the county was known as Roberts County (q.v.). (Eaton,
p. 263; Campbell, p. 73-4; HIST. BUCHANAN 1881, p. 152; HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1904, p. 25; BOONVILLE WEEKLY
ADV., Nov. 10, 1911, p. 2) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Burnette School |
| Description: | Named for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Carnegie School |
| Description: | Named for a famous man. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha
K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Central School |
| Description: | A
name of location. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Centre Township |
| Description: | First settled in 1837 and organized in 1841. This township lies in the center of the county;
hence the name. (HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1915, p. 39; HIST. BUCHANAN, 1881, p. 126; Hutawa's Map,
1844) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Columbus |
| Description: | The town
of Rushville (q.v.) was formerly called Columbus. It was laid out in 1874. The origin of the name was not found. (Parker, p. 196;
Eaton, p. 264; HIST. BUCHANAN, 1881, p. 372) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names
In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Contrary Creek |
| Description: | This
creek receives its name from the fact that it flows north, which is contrary to the course of the Missouri River. (HIST. BUCHANAN
& ST. JOSEPH, 1904, p. 21; HIST. BUCHANAN, 1898, p. 41; Conard, Vol. 1, p. 413) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Cornelius School |
| Description: | Named for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Council Hill |
| Description: | So named
because a legend says that on this hill was held Indian Councils, and also that it was the scene of the last council held in
Missouri, that of the Platte Purchase. (LANOWA, 1925) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Cox School |
| Description: | Named
for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Crawford Township |
| Description: | As it was the custom of early courts in northeast Missouri to give names in honor of
national leaders, Crawford Township, in two counties, perhaps is no exception. William Crawford, a prominent political leader,
died four years before the Clinton County Court met in 1838 and named Crawford Township. The township of the same name in
Buchanan County was established in 1839. (MORNING HERALD, Aug. 20, 1873, p. 8, (4-7); HIST. OF BUCH., 1915, p. 39; HIST.
OF CLINT., p. 107) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Crosby School |
| Description: | Named for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | De Kalb |
| Description: | De Kalb, first
called Bloomington (q.v.), was named in honor of Baron De Kalb. It is the oldest in the county, having been laid off in 1839, by
James G. Finch. (Eaton, p. 264; HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1915, p. 56, 70) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Dippin School |
| Description: | Named
for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Douglas School |
| Description: | Named for a famous man. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha
K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | East Atchison |
| Description: | East
Atchison is located across the river from Atchison, Kansas, hence the name. (Eaton, p. 264) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | East Atchison School |
| Description: | Named for a town. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Easton |
| Description: | In 1848, E.
Don McCrary purchased four hundred acres of land, where Easton now stands. For some time he operated a general store on
his farm and in 1854 he laid off the town. The town is a few miles east of the County Seat, St. Joseph. The name may have been
derived from this fact. (Eaton, p. 264; HIST. BUCHANAN, 1881, p. 379) |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Ebenezer School |
| Description: | Named for a church. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Ernst School |
| Description: | Named
for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Eugene Field School |
| Description: | Named for a famous man. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha
K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Eveline |
| Description: | Halls (q.v.)
was formerly known as Eveline, a name given by William Britton, who platted the town, for his daughter. (N.H. Moser (letter);
Cited in HIST. BUCHANAN, 1881, p. 379) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The
Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Everett School |
| Description: | Named for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Fair Grove School |
| Description: | A
descriptive name. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Fairview School |
| Description: | A
descriptive name. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Fancher's Cross Roads |
| Description: | The site of Halleck (q.v.) was originally known as Fancher's cross roads. Henry Fancher
owned the first blacksmith shop in Crawford Township; it was located at the cross roads where Halleck now stands. (HIST.
BUCHANAN, 1881, p. 121; 375) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The
Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Faucett |
| Description: | Faucett
originated when the Chicago Great Western Railroad extended its line, in 1890, from St. Joseph to Kansas City. The name was
given in honor of Robert Faucett, a miller. (Eaton, p. 264; HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1904, HIST. BUCHANAN, 1898, p. 69;
HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1915, p. 55) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names
In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | First Colored School |
| Description: | A name of unknown origin. |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Florence School |
| Description: | A
name of location. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Floyd School |
| Description: | Named
for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Frankhauser School |
| Description: | Named for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Franklin School (2) |
| Description: | Named for a famous man. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha
K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Frazer |
| Description: | A country
post office named for the Frazer family. (Eaton, p. 264; HIST. BUCHANAN, 1881, p. 379; HIST. OF BUCH & ST. JOSEPH, 1915, p.
60) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Frazier School |
| Description: | Named for a town. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | French Bottoms School |
| Description: | A name of location. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Frogge School |
| Description: | Named for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Garfield School |
| Description: | Named for a famous man. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha
K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Garrettsburg |
| Description: | Named
for Zach Garrett, an early settler. (HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1915, p. 60; Names File, No. 21; MISSOURI GAZ., 1876, p.
196) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | German Branch |
| Description: | A
small branch of Mayfield Creek in the southern part of Scopus Township, which was German Township until 1919. The branch is
so named because the settlers along the creek were German. (Dewitt, County Map (1906) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | German-English School |
| Description: | A name of unknown origin. |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Green Valley School |
| Description: | A name of location. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Hall School |
| Description: | Named
for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Halleck |
| Description: | Named for
Henry W. Halleck, a United States General in the Civil War. Halleck has also been known as Old Taos, Fancher's Cross Roads,
and Birming (q.v.). (HIST. BUCHANAN, 1898, p. 69) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place
Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Halls Lake Station School |
| Description: | Named for a town. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Hall's Station |
| Description: | Located
on the Kansas City and Council Bluffs Railroad and named in honor of Governor Willard P. Hall. It was formerly called Eveline
(q.v.). (HIST. BUCHANAN, 1881, p. 379; Eaton, p. 264) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place
Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Hosea School |
| Description: | Named
for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Humbolt School |
| Description: | Named for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Hyde School |
| Description: | Named
for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Indian Head Ravine |
| Description: | This name is said to have been derived from a likeness of a face found on a large rock on
the banks of the stream. (LANOWA, 1925) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In
The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Jackson School |
| Description: | Named for a famous man. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha
K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Jackson Township |
| Description: | Four counties honored Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States, when
each named a township Jackson: Buchanan in 1843; Clinton, 1833; Daviess, 1840; and Nodaway, 1866. Andrew & Gentry
Counties honored pioneer settlers. Jackson Township, in Andrew County, eas established in 1846. (HIST. OF BUCH., 1915, p. 39;
HIST. OF CLINTON, p. 103; HIST. OF DAVIESS, p. 252; 744; ATLAS OF DAVIESS, 1876, p. 12; HIST. OF N.W. MISSOURI, Vol. 1, p.
449; Sam Evans (letter); PAST & PRESENT, Vol. 1, p. 281; C. Gooden; Names File, No. 20; ATLAS OF ANDREW, 1877; J.S.
Williams) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Jefferson Township |
| Description: | All of the counties, with the exception of Gentry, which honored Andrew Jackson by
naming townships for him, likewise honored Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States. The dates for the
organization of these townships are as follows: Andrew, 1846; Buchanan, 1839; Clinton, 1838; Daviess, 1840; Harrison, about
1845; Nodaway, 1871. (Names File, No. 20; ATLAS OF ANDREW, 1877; HIST. OF BUCH., 1915, p. 39; MORNING HERALD, Aug.
20, 1873, p. 8; HIST. OF CLINT., p. 107; HIST. OF DAV., p. 252; Sam Evans (letter); ATLAS OF DAV., 1876, p. 12; HIST. OF N.W.
MISSOURI, Vol. 1, p. 449; R.H. Dunn; PAST & PRESENT, Vol. 1, p. 286) |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Jones School |
| Description: | Named
for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Kelley School |
| Description: | Named
for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Kenmoor |
| Description: | Founded by
Warren Samuel of St. Joseph, and named for a Scotchman who operated the first telephone exchange there. (Mrs. John A.
Connett (letter); HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1915, p. 58) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha
K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | King's Hill |
| Description: | Louise
Platte Hauch, authoress of St. Joseph, states that the bluffs called King's Hill were so named from an incident in early day history.
John King, who had robbed a tribe of Indians of some rare pelts, was overtaken and killed by his enemies, at the top of what is
now called King's Hill. Campbell and Parker maintain that the place was formerly a celebrated battleground, fort and burying place
of the Indians. (Louise P. Hauck (letter); Campbell, pp. 73-5; Parker, p. 195) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Kirschner School |
| Description: | Named for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Krug School |
| Description: | Named
for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Lafayette School |
| Description: | Named for a famous man. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha
K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Lake Station |
| Description: | The
nearest railroad station to Lake Contrary; hence the name. (Names File, No. 21; HIST. BUCHANAN, 1881, p. 379; HIST.
BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1898, p. 72) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The
Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Lake Township |
| Description: | The
smallest township in the county. It includes Lake Contrary; hence the name. (Hutawa's Map, 1844; HIST. BUCHANAN, 1881, p.
133-4) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Lanowa Park |
| Description: | Lanowa is a name derived from Wan-wan-Lamo-wau (q.v.). It commemorates a strip of
land along the Missouri River which is said to have been sacred ground to the Indians who once inhabited the region. (LANOWA,
1925) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Leachman |
| Description: | A post
office established in Rush Township in 1851. James Leachman was the first postmaster. (HIST. BUCHANAN, 1881, p. 129;
HAYWARD'S GAZ., p. 824) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Lewis School |
| Description: | Named
for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Lewis Township |
| Description: | Lewis Township, Buchanan County, was organized in 1839. Three years later, the same
name was given to a township in Holt County, perhaps for John Lewis who was elected constable in the same year. (MORNING
HERALD, Aug. 20, 1873, p. 8; HIST. OF BUCH., 1915, p. 39; HIST. OF HOLT & ATCH., p. 104) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Lincoln School |
| Description: | Named for a famous man. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha
K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Longfellow School |
| Description: | Named for a famous man. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha
K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Madison School |
| Description: | Named for a famous man. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha
K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Malden School |
| Description: | Named for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Marion Township |
| Description: | Four counties chose the name Marion for a township: Buchanan, in 1837; Ray, which is
now included in Caldwell, in 1832; Daviess, in 1869; and Harrison, about 1845. Perhaps all were named in honor of Francis D.
Marion, Revolutionary General. (R.H. Dunn; MORNING HERALD, Aug. 20, 1873, p. 8; HIST. OF BUCH., 1881, p. 132; HIST. OF RAY,
1881, p. 240; HIST. OF DAV., p. 725; 306; ATLAS OF DAV., 1876) |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Matney's Mill |
| Description: | William
Matney became the owner of the Platte River Mills in 1857. The post office here was known as Platte River (q.v.). (HIST.
BUCHANAN, 1881, p. 119) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Maxwell School |
| Description: | Named for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | McKinley School |
| Description: | Named for a famous man. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha
K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Moore School |
| Description: | Named
for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Mt. Pleasant School |
| Description: | Named for a church. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | New Hurlingen |
| Description: | New
Hurlingen was named for a locality in Bavaria from which the early settlers of this place came. (Mrs. John Connett (letter); HIST.
BUCHANAN, 1898, p. 75; HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1904, p. 48; HIST. OF BUCH & ST. JOSEPH, 1915, p.
60) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Noble Township |
| Description: | Organized in 1839. The origin of the name was not found. (MORNING HERALD, Aug. 20,
1873, p. 8; HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1915, p. 39) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Nodaway Township |
| Description: | Although the Nodaway River crosses only three counties of northwest Missouri,
townships in five counties were named for it. Andrew organized a Nodaway Township in 1846; Buchanan, in 1839; Clinton, in
1838; Holt, in 1841; and Nodaway in 1871. In Buchanan County, the name is no longer in existence. Nodaway Township, Clinton
County, was organized before the county was reduced to its present limits. (Names File, No. 20; ATLAS OF ANDREW, 1877;
HIST. OF CLINT., p. 107; HIST. OF HOLT & ATCH., p. 104; HIST. OF BUCH. & ST. JOSEPH, 1915, p. 39; PAST & PRESENT, Vol. 1, p.
303) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Oak Dale School |
| Description: | A
descriptive name. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Oak Grove School |
| Description: | A
descriptive name. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Oak Hill School |
| Description: | A
descriptive name. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Oakland School |
| Description: | A
descriptive name. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Old Taos |
| Description: | A nickname
given to Fancher's Cross Roads (q.v.) about 1849. This name is said to have been given by soldiers returning from the Mexican
War galloped through the streets of the town, shouting, "Hurray for Taos!" By this expression he meant to compare the whiskey
which he had bought at Fancher's Cross Roads, with Taos whiskey, proverbial for being the meanest sold in Mexico. (HIST.
BUCHANAN, 1881, p. 375-6; HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1898, p. 69; HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1904, p.
44) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Pateetown |
| Description: | In the
early days of St. Joseph, John Patee platted his land, donating a strip of forty acres for a railroad terminal and depot purposes,
and built a large hotel. This section, which is now a part of St. Joseph, was named Pateetown, for its founder. (HIST. BUCHANAN
& ST. JOSEPH, 1915, p. 77) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Paw-Paw |
| Description: | A
nickname for Winthrop (q.v.), probably derived from the fact that a large number of paw-paw trees grow in that locality. In 1884
the station was destroyed by a flood. (Names File, No. 21; HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1898, p. 71) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Pigeon Creek |
| Description: | Nothing
was found on the name. (Cited in HIST. BUCHANAN, 1881, p. 375) |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Platte River |
| Description: | The Platte
River rises in Southern Iowa and flows southward through that part of Missouri known as the Platte Purchase. Lewis and Clark
called it the Little Platte, perhaps to distinguish it from the larger Platte, and described it as a passing through "high open plains
interspersed with groves of timber." This would indicate that the name had the meaning of a plat. The name was doubtless given
by Frenchmen. A post office, located on the river in Buchanan County, in 1848, was called Platte River. It was established at
Matney's Mill (q.v.), or the Platte River Mills (q.v.). (Lewis & Clarek, Vol. 6, p. 36; MISSOURI GAZ., 1876-7, p. 765; HIST. OF BUCH.,
1881, p. 119; Thwaites, Vol. 27, p. 227; Hutawa's Map, 1844) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha
K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Platte River Mills |
| Description: | A
mill established on Platte River became the nucleus of a village, though the town never grew to any size. Later the place became
known as Matney's Mills (q.v.) and the Platte River post office (q.v.). (HIST. BUCHANAN, 1881, p. 119) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Platte Township |
| Description: | Three townships formed in the early days of Andrew, Buchanan and Clinton Counties, (in
the years 1846, 1839 and 1838, respectively) were named from the Platte River. (Names File, No. 20; HIST. OF CLINT., p. 107;
HIST. OF BUCH. & ST. JOSEPH, 1915, p. 39; MORNING HERALD, Aug. 20, 1873, p. 8) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Pleasant Hill School |
| Description: | A
descriptive name. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Pleasant Knoll School |
| Description: | A descriptive name. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Pleasant Ridge School |
| Description: | A descriptive name. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Pleasant Valley School |
| Description: | A descriptive name. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Rising Sun School |
| Description: | An
emblematic name. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Riverside School |
| Description: | A
name of location. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Riverton |
| Description: | A small
village on the Platte River. (Map in HIST. BUCHANAN, 1881) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Robert's County |
| Description: | Before Buchanan County was organized the territory now within its limits was known as
Roberts County, for the line settler, Hiram Roberts, who escaped the troops from Fort Levenworth sent to dispossess the
squatters. Roberts came to the vicinity of De Kalb in 1836, one year before the county was open for settlement. (Louise P. Hauck
(letter); HIST. BUCHANAN, p. 881, p. 122) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In
The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Robidoux Landing |
| Description: | Before the founding of the city of St. Joseph (q.v.), the pioneer settlement there was called
Robidoux Landing, for Joseph Robidoux, the first white man to locate in that locality. (Conard, vol. 5, p. 378) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Robidoux School |
| Description: | Named for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Rock House Prairie |
| Description: | At an early date, the prairie in the southern part of Tremont Township became known as
Rock House Prairie, deriving its name from a large pile of stones shaped together like a rock house located on the prairie. The
Indians had erected the house, perhaps during some ceremony, or as a memorial to some event in Indian history. (Conard, vol. 5,
p. 387; HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1904, p. 48; HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1898, p. 24) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Rockhold School |
| Description: | Named for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Rohan Store |
| Description: | The first
merchant in Platte Township was John Rohan who had a store on his farm. He commenced business shortly after the Civil War.
(HIST. BUCHANAN, 1881, p. 116) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The
Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Rough and Ready School |
| Description: | A sobriquet; an assumed name. |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Round House |
| Description: | A
round house station on the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Burlington Railroad. (MISSOURI GAZ., 1883, p. 827) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Roy's Branch |
| Description: | A
noted stream, where Joseph Robidoux landed. John B. Roy was a pioneer trader, and friend of Robidoux; it is from him that the
stream takes its name. (Conard, vol. 5, p. 407; Robidoux, Louise P. Hauck (letter) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Rush Township |
| Description: | Settled in 1837 and organized five years later. Perhaps named for the same reason that its
principal town was called Rushville (q.v.). (HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1915, p. 39) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Rushville |
| Description: | Laid out in
1847, in Rush Township, and named for a dense growth of rushes nearby. It was first called Columbus (q.v.) and changed to its
present form in 1851. (Eaton, p. 264; HIST. BUCHANAN, 1881, p. 372) |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | San Antonio |
| Description: | An old
trading post and post office which was settled in 1850. Perhaps the name was derived from the city in Texas which was
defended to the death by Texas patriots in the Mexican War. (HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1904, p. 48; HIST. BUCHANAN &
ST. JOSEPH, 1915, p. 60; MISSOURI GAZ., 1876-7, p. 1152) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Saxton |
| Description: | Albe M.
Saxton donated land for a railroad station and the town takes its name from him. (HIST. BUCHANAN, 1881, p. 380; HIST.
BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1898, p. 75) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The
Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Saxton School |
| Description: | Named for a town. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Shearer School |
| Description: | Named for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Sheperd School |
| Description: | Named for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Sherwood School (2) |
| Description: | Named for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Singing Waters |
| Description: | A
stream found in the locality now called Lanowa (q.v.), tradition says, was named by a lost Indian girl, Lucheta, who thought she
could hear an Indian song in the rushing of its waters. Lucheta frequently visited the falls on this stream while looking for her
people. (LANOWA, 1925) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Sleepy Hollow School |
| Description: | A name of unknown origin. |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | South Park School |
| Description: | A
name of location. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | South St. Joseph |
| Description: | With the opening of the Stock Yards a suburb of St. Joseph soon developed; and because
of its relative position to the main part of the city, it was called South St. Joseph. In 1899 the city extended its limits to include the
suburb. (HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1915, p. 61; HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1904, p. 49) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Sparta |
| Description: | For a while
Sparta had the honor of being the county seat town. In 1840 a town was laid out on the farm of Samuel McCauley and named
Benton (q.v.). A few months later the name was changed to Sparta, but why is not recorded. Six years after the establishment
of Sparta, the county seat was removed to St. Joseph. (HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1915, p. 58; HIST. BUCHANAN, 1881,
pp. 126-8; HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1898, p. 73) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Sparta School |
| Description: | Named
for a town. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Spring Garden School |
| Description: | An abstract name. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Spring Hollow School |
| Description: | A descriptive name. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | St. Joseph |
| Description: | St.
Joseph was laid off by Joseph Robidoux, who located permanently in the Blacksnake Hills (q.v.) in 1840. In 1843, he had two
surveys made, one by Simon Kemper, who suggested the name Robidoux for the town, the other, by F.W. Smith, who named his
plat St. Joseph, in honor of his patron, Saint Joseph. Robidoux selected the latter. Perhaps his modesty caused him to reject the
honor of the name Robidoux, for by naming the town St. Joseph, he too was honoring his patron, Saint Joseph, husband of the
Virgin Mary. In 1846 St. Joseph became the county seat, Sparta (q.v.) having failed to merit its claim longer. (Eaton, p. 264;
SESSION LAWS, 1844, p. 216-7; HIST. BUCHANAN, 1881, p. 392-3; HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1904, pp. 50-58; Parker, p.
195; Robidoux, p. 142; JEFF. CITY INQ., July 12, 1845, p. 3) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Stamper School |
| Description: | Named for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Stanley |
| Description: | A railroad
station and country post office, perhaps from a personal name. (MISSOURI GAZ., 1893, p. 1230) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Steinacker School |
| Description: | Named for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Stock Yards |
| Description: | South
St. Joseph is also called the Stock Yards locality because the suburb originated when the yards were built. (Cited in MISSOURI
GAZ., 1898-1899, p. 1395) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Stockbridge |
| Description: | Originated from a bridge built over low ground for loading stock. It is a shipping point. (Mrs.
John Gannett (letter); Cited in HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1915, p. 60; HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1898, p. 75;
MISSOURI GAZ., 1898-1899, p. 1394) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The
Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Stony Point |
| Description: | A
descriptive name. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Tremont |
| Description: | A village
established about 1837, by Ismall Davis of Kentucky. The origin of the name was not found. (HIST. BUCHANAN, 1881, p. 134-
135) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Tremont Township |
| Description: | Organized in 1839. (HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1913, p. 39) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Union School |
| Description: | An
abstract name. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Valley Chapel School |
| Description: | Named for a church. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Vories |
| Description: | "The real
name of this post office is Voris, but it was intended for Vories, and so named for Judge Henry M. Vories, who was a Judge of
the Supreme Court...The post office is now in the city of St. Joseph, but is still maintained, either as a separate post office or as a
sub-station of the city post office." (Names File, No. 21; Cited in MISSOURI GAZ., 1898, p. 75) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Voris |
| Description: | See
Vories. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Walkup School |
| Description: | Named for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Wallace |
| Description: | Laid out in
1872 and named for an officer of the railroad which passed through the place. (HIST. BUCHANAN, 1881, pp. 376-8; Eaton, p.
264) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Wallace School |
| Description: | Named for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing,
Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Walnut Grove School |
| Description: | Named for a church. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Walnut Hill |
| Description: | A country
post office, perhaps descriptive. (Hayward's GAZ., p. 824) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Warfield |
| Description: | A country
post office in existence between the years 1879 and 1883. (MISSOURI GAZ., 1883, p. 1246) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Washington School |
| Description: | Named for a famous man. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha
K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Washington Township |
| Description: | Six counties honored George Washington by naming a township for him. Following are the
dates of the establishment of each: Buchanan, 1842; Clinton, 1835; Daviess, 1838; De Kalb, 1845; Harrison, about 1845;
Nodaway, 1845. (HIST. BUCHANAN, 1881, p. 135-6; HIST. OF CLINT., p. 106; HIST. OF DAVIESS, 1898, p. 12; ATLAS OF DE
KALB, 1877; R.H. Dunn; PAST & PRESENT, vol. 1, p. 319-20) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Wau-Wau-Lano-Wau |
| Description: | Tradition says the Indians called the Platte Purchase Wau-Wau-Lano-Wau. From this name
Lanowa (q.v.) has been coined recently, during a campaign to set off a state park in that region. (SAVANNAH REPORTER, Mar.
10, 1916, p. 1; LANOWA, 1925) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The
Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Wayne Township |
| Description: | Organized in 1842. Its origin was not discovered. (HIST. BUCHANAN, 1881, p. 133; HIST.
BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1915, p. 39) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The
Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Webster School |
| Description: | Named for a famous man. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha
K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Weis School |
| Description: | Named
for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Whittier School |
| Description: | Named for a famous man. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha
K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1929. |
| Place name: | Willow Brook School |
| Description: | Named for a town. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Willowbrook |
| Description: | A name
given to a village from a willow bordered stream nearby. (Eaton, p. 264) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Wilson School |
| Description: | Named
for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Winthrop |
| Description: | Named in
honor of Governor Winthrop, of the Massachusetts Colony, and established in 1857. The post office and town are now usually
called East Atchison (q.v.). A nickname, Paw-Paw (q.v.), is also sometimes used for the town. (HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH,
1898, p. 71; HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1904, p. 45; HIST. BUCHANAN, 1881, p. 392) |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Woodbine School |
| Description: | Named for a church. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K.
"Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Wyatt School |
| Description: | Named
for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
| Place name: | Young School |
| Description: | Named
for a prominent family. |
| Source: | Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1929. |
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