Howard County Place Names, 1928-1945
| Place name: | Adam's Fork Creek |
| Description: | This is doubtless a family name altho nothing definite was found concerning it. (T. Berry
Smith; Cited on Higgin's Map of Missouri) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The
Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Armstrong |
| Description: | In 1878,
Mr. Armstrong of Illinois, who had the contract for the building of the Chicago Alton Railroad through this country, laid out the
town which bears his name. (HIST. HOWARD & COOPER, p. 237; Names File Number 9) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Armstrong School |
| Description: | A
transferred name from a town. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Arnett School |
| Description: | A local
family name. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Ashland School |
| Description: | Named for its location. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Bawker School |
| Description: | A
local family name. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Big Bonne Femme Creek |
| Description: | The early French explorers named this stream. The translation is "good woman" but the
circumstances connected with the naming were not found. (T. Berry Smith; Cited on Map of Missouri 1910) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Blakenbaker School |
| Description: | A local family name. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Bluffport |
| Description: | In the early
days Bluffport was a boat landing on the Missouri River. It received its name in allusion to the high banks on bluffs surrounding it.
(T. Berry Smith; J.B. Dickerson; Cited on Map of Missouri 1844) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Boone Femme Township |
| Description: | This township was organized in 1821 and named for its principal stream (q.v.). (T. Berry
Smith) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Boone's Lick |
| Description: | Boone's
Lick was a section of the country in the Missouri valley now occupied by Howard, Boone, Cooper and Callaway Counties. It had
no definite boundaries. It received its name, "Boone's Lick," because the two sons of Daniel Boone, Nathan and Daniel, had come
to the country in 1807 and made salt from the water of the salt springs they found in the region. (Johnson, p. 55; Barnes, p. 178;
Houck, v. III, p. 148) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Boone's Lick Township |
| Description: | This township was organized in 1821and named in honor of "Daniel Boone's connection
with the township and the Boone's Lick country. He erected a cabin and camped one winter in the immediate vicinity of the
township that now bears his name." (HIST. HOWARD & CHARITON, p. 156) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Boonsboro |
| Description: | Boonsboro was laid off in 1840 and named in honor of Daniel Boone, the pioneer, whose
sons ran a salt works near the site of the town. (Eaton, p. 175; Gannett, p. 52) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Boonsboro School |
| Description: | A
transferred name from a town. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Bunker Hill |
| Description: | This
country store was named for the famous Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Some years ago the name was changed to Myer's. (See
Myer's). (T. Berry Smith) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Burton |
| Description: | Burton is a
station on the Missouri, Kansas, Texas Railroad. It was named in honor of Prior Burton, a prominent landowner of the county. (T.
Berry Smith; Cited on Higgins Map of Missouri) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In
The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Burton School |
| Description: | A
transferred name from a town. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Burton Township |
| Description: | Organized in 1880 and named for the town of Burton (q.v.). (T. Berry
Smith) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Cedar Grove School |
| Description: | Named for its location. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Central Hill School |
| Description: | Named for its location. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Chariton |
| Description: | In 1817
General Duff Green laid out a town at the mouth of Chariton River (q.v.). In 1829 Chariton was regarded as too unhealthful to live
in, and it was abandoned. (HIST. HOWARD & COOPER, p. 205; J.B. Dickerson) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Chariton Township |
| Description: | This township, organized min 1821, takes itsd name from Grand Chariton River. "The river
was named in honor of John Chariton, the leader of the French fur traders. The name has undergone many changes, like many
other French names, having appeared as Charleton, Charlatan, Chariton, Charleton, Chareton and Charlotte; the form Chariton has
now become fixed." (Eaton, p. 274; T. Berry Smith) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place
Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Cherry Grove School |
| Description: | Named for its location. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Clark's Chapel School |
| Description: | A transferred name from a church. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Cole Creek |
| Description: | This
creek received its name from Cole's Fort (q.v.). (T. Berry Smith; Cited on U.S. Geological Survey, Glasgow Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Coles Fort |
| Description: | In 1810
several families, under the leadership of Stephen Cole, settled just below the present site of Booneville and named their
settlement in honor of their leader. No traces of the fort remain today. (HIST. MISSOURI, p. 182; COLUMBIA DAILY TRIBUNE, Oct.
16, 1914) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Cooper's Chapel School |
| Description: | A transferred name from a church. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Cross Roads School |
| Description: | Named for its location. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Deatherage School |
| Description: | A
local family name. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Dodson School |
| Description: | A
local family name. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Doxie's Branch |
| Description: | The
origin of the name was not found. [See Doxies Fork] (Cited on U.S. Geological Survey, Glasgow Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Drake School |
| Description: | A local
family name. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Dudgeon School |
| Description: | A
local family name. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Elkgrove |
| Description: | This name
was applied to a country post office. Nothing definite was found concerning its origin. It is doubtless a hunter's name. (Cited on
Clark's Sectional Map of 1860) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Estill |
| Description: | John R. Estill, a
large landowner and stock raiser, gave the land for the railway station that bears his name. (HIST. HOWARD COUNTY, p. 174; I.
Williams, p. 348; Eaton, p. 175) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Fairview School |
| Description: | Named for its location. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Fayette |
| Description: | On
"November 14, 1822 a committee was appointed to select a place for a county seat near the center of the county. They located
Fayette. This was in 1823 when the news reached the west that Lafayette was soon to visit America and the town was named
for Marquis de La Fayette." (Eaton, p. 175; I. Williams, p. 355; HIST. HOWARD & CHARITON, p. 178) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Fayette School |
| Description: | A
transferred name from a town. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Fort Hempstead or McLain |
| Description: | This fort "was erected after Cooper's Fort, about two miles east of where Old Franklin
afterwards stood. It was named for Captain Stephen Hempstead, an old gentleman who lived there and was also called for David
McLain, a Baptist minister and one of his residents." (COLUMBIA DAILY TRIBUNE, Dec. 21, 1914; HIST. MISSOURI, p.
182) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Fort Kincaid |
| Description: | Fort
Kincaid perpetuates the name of David Kincaid, who aided in establishing it. (HIST. MISSOURI, p. 182; E.W.
Stephens) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Franklin |
| Description: | Franklin
"was established in 1816 and named in honor of Benjamin Franklin, philosopher and statesman. It was selected as the county
seat of Howard County in 1817, and grew rapidly in population and importance until within a decade it bade fair to become the
metropolis of the "Far West." In 1826-1828 during unusual floods, the Missouri River claimed its right-of-way. The flood caused
the banks to cave in and in a short time little was left. The county seat was transferred to Fayette in 1823. Some of the citiznes
crossed the river to Boonville, some to Fayette, others to the Highlands about two miles north and established a new town which
they named New Franklin to distinguish it from the other place." (HIST. CHARITON & HOWARD, p. 85; Thwaites, v. 14, p. 150;
Eaton, p. 175) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Franklin Township |
| Description: | Organized in 1821, was named for the town of Franklin (q.v.). (T. Berry
Smith) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Fristoe Creek |
| Description: | This
commemorates the name of Tom P. Fristoe, an early Baptist preacher, who came to this country in 1820. (T. Berry Smith; Cited on
Higgin's Map of Missouri; ATLAS HOWARD, p. 10) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names
In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Givens School |
| Description: | A
local family name. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Glasgow |
| Description: | Established
in 1836, and named in honor of James Glasgow, an early settler. (Campbell, p. 253; Williams, I, p. 355; Eaton, p.
175) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Glasgow School |
| Description: | A
transferred name from a town. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Gold Dust School |
| Description: | Name of unknown origin. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Gray School |
| Description: | A local
family name. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Gregg's Branch |
| Description: | This
stream was named for the owner of the farm through which it flows. (T. Berry Smith; Cited on U.S. Geological Survey, Glasgow
Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Guthrie School |
| Description: | A
local family name. [Guthridge on 1941 Howard County road map] |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Hardeman's Garden |
| Description: | "This name was given to a beautiful ornamental spot of ten acres laid off and cultivated as
a botanical garden by John Hardeman, about five miles above old Franklin. The proprietor was a native of North Carolina, a
gentleman of wealth, leisure and taste, who came to Missouri to practice law, but abandoned the profession for the gentle pursuit
of floriculture. The garden was the central attraction in a fine farm of several hundred acres which the proprietor owned and
cultivated, and was famous for its shell walks, its exotic and indigenous plants, its vines and its ornamental shrubbery. But it was
swallowed up in rapacious Missouri River long ago, and the very name is forgotten." (Conrad, III, p. 170) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Head's Fort |
| Description: | In 1814
Captain William Head established the fort, which bears his name. It was located a few miles north of Rocheport. (COLUMBIA
DAILY TRIBUNE, Dec. 28, 1914; HIST. MISSOURI, p. 182; Conard, p. 323) |
| Source: | Pace,
Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1928. |
| Place name: | Hilldale |
| Description: | Hilldale
received its name in allusion to the "hills and dales surrounding it." (T. Berry Smith; Cited on Higgin's Map of
Missouri) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Howard County |
| Description: | Howard County was organized on January 23, 1816, and named in honor of Benjamin
Howard, the governor of Upper Louisiana, which became Missouri territory June 4, 1812. Because thirty-one counties were later
carved out of the original Howard County, she has borne the name "Mother of Counties." (Parker, p. 266; Gannett, p. 162; Barns,
p. 177) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Hungry Mother Creek |
| Description: | A company of explorers spent the winter on this stream and named it Hunger's Mother. The
form has been changed to Hungry Mother. The old settlers of Howard County believe this story and it has come to be a bit of
folklore. (J.B. Dickerson, T. Berry Smith; Cited on U.S. Geological Survey, Glasgow Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Hurricane Creek |
| Description: | Hurricane Creek received its name from the course of a tornado that swept that part of the
county. Many branchless trunks of trees still mark the track of the storm. (T. Berry Smith; Cited on U.S. Geological Survey,
Glasgow Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Jackman Mills |
| Description: | Jackman Mills was never anything but a mill on the Moniteau Creek, bearing the name of
Mark Jackman who established it. (T. Berry Smith; Cited in MISSOURI GAZETTEER, 1889, p. 467) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Jackson School |
| Description: | A
local family name. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Kingsbury |
| Description: | This flag
station on the Missouri, Kansas, Texas road, received its name from R.T. Kingsbury, who owned the adjacent land. (T. Berry
Smith; J.B. Dickerson; Cited on Official Map of 1910) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place
Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Landmark |
| Description: | This
defunct village received its name from a very large tree that stood on a hill nearby. It was located on the old stage line road from
Fayette to Columbia. (George W. Smith; Cited on Official Map of Missouri 1910) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Lebanon School |
| Description: | A
transferred name from a church. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Liberty School |
| Description: | An
ideal name. (?). |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Linridge School |
| Description: | Named for its location. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Lisbon |
| Description: | The origin of
this name was not found. (Cited in MISSOURI STATE GAZETTEER (1876), p. 298) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Lisbon School |
| Description: | A
transferred name from a town. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Lloyds |
| Description: | Mr. C.Q.
Lloyds gave the land on which this station was built. (T. Berry Smith; Cited on Higgins Map of Missouri) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Louisville |
| Description: | "In 1832
another town was started on a point projecting into the Missouri River, at the mouth of the Chariton River, which was called
Thorntonsburg, in honor of Mr. Thornton, who established the first ferry at Glasgow. This name, however, not suiting the citizens
of the place, many of whom had emigrated from Kentucky, they determined to change it, and finally bestowed upon it the more
euphonicus, albeit longer appellative, Louisville-on-Missouri-River." The town has been extinct for many years. (HIST. HOWARD &
CHARITON, p. 206) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Moniteau Creek |
| Description: | "Moniteau is a French translation of "Manitou," an Indian name meaning Diety or Great
Spirit." (E.W. Stephens, Cited on Sectional Map of Missouri)
[It marks the boundary between Boone and Howard Counties for two ways.] |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Moniteau Township |
| Description: | Organized in 1821, and named for the creek which traverses the entire length of the
township (q.v.). (HIST. HOWARD & CHARITON, p. 236) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place
Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Monticello |
| Description: | Monticello
was founded in 1821 and named for the home of Thomas Jefferson in Virginia. (T. Berry Smith; Cited in HIST. HOWARD &
CHARITON, p. 205) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Mt. Zion School |
| Description: | A
transferred name from a church. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Myers |
| Description: | Myers was
originally called Bunker Hill for the famous Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. When the post office was established the name was
changed in honor of Henry Myers an early settler of the county. (HIST. HOWARD & CHARITON, p. 241; T. Berry Smith; ATLAS
HOWARD, p. 9) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Myers School |
| Description: | A
transferred name from a town. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Naylor School |
| Description: | A local
family name. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | New Franklin |
| Description: | After
the town of Franklin was abandoned another town was laid out, in 1828, to take its place. It was named New Franklin "to
distinguish it from the other place which was henceforth spoken of as Old Franklin." (q.v.). (Smith & Gehrig, p.
85) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | New Franklin School |
| Description: | A transferred name from a town. |
| Source: | Pace,
Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1928. |
| Place name: | Oakland School |
| Description: | Named for its location. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Pearson's Spur |
| Description: | Mr.
Pearson established a store here and named it Rosalee in honor of his daughter. With the coming of the railroad the name was
changed to Pearson's Spur because Mr. Pearson gave the land on which the station was built. [See Rosalee] (Geo. W. Smith;
Cited on Higgin's Map of Missouri) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Pemberton School |
| Description: | A
local family name. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Pleasant Green School |
| Description: | Named for its location. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Possom School |
| Description: | Near
a good hunting locality (?). |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Prairie Fork Creek |
| Description: | The name is derived from the small prairie near the creek. (T. Berry Smith; Cited on U.S.
Geological Survey, Glasgow Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Prairie Township |
| Description: | Unlike any other township in the county, this one included originally a prairie, which
constituted about one-fourth of its area. (HIST. HOWARD & COOPER, p. 236) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Rawlins School |
| Description: | A
local family name. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Richland Creek |
| Description: | This
creek received its name from the very fertile land through which it flows. (T. Berry Smith; Cited on U.S. Geological Survey,
Glasgow Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Richland School |
| Description: | A
transferred name from a creek. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Richmond |
| Description: | The
settlers from Virginia named this town for the capital of their native state. The village has been extinct for many years. (T. Berry
Smith; Cited in HIST. HOWARD & CHARITON, p. 178) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place
Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Richmond Township |
| Description: | Richmond Township was formed in 1821 and named for the town of Richmond (q.v.).
(HIST. HOWARD & CHARITON, p. 178) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The
Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Roanoke |
| Description: | Roanoke
was settled in 1834 by Virginians who were admirers of John Randolph, the great Virginia statesman. The town was named for
his beautiful country home "Roanoke." (Eaton, p. 175; Gannett, p. 264; Williams, I, p. 357) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Roanoke School |
| Description: | A
transferred name from a town. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Rocksprings School |
| Description: | Named for its location. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Rooker School |
| Description: | A
local family name. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Russell |
| Description: | Russell, a
station on the Missouri, Kansas, Texas line, was named by the railroad, in honor of the man who owned the land. (J.B. Dickerson,
Cited on Higgin's Map of Missouri) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Salt Fork Creek |
| Description: | The
many salt springs near this creek gave it its name. (T. Berry Smith; Cited on U.S. Geological Survey, Glasgow
Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Sebree |
| Description: | Sebree was
named in honor of a prominent family in the community. The town was laid out on "the project line of the Louisiana and Mississippi
Railroad. The road, however, never having been built, the town did not thrive." (HIST. HOWARD & CHARITON, p. 240; J.B.
Dickerson) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Sharon School |
| Description: | A
transferred name from a church. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | St. Clair School |
| Description: | A
local family name. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Steinmetz |
| Description: | Steinmetz
was laid out on January 16, 1882, and named in honor of W.P. Steinmetz, on whose land the village was located. (T. Berry Smith;
Cited on Higgin's Map of Missouri) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Steinmetz School |
| Description: | A
transferred name from a town.
[There is a school symbol on the Howard County 1941 Road Map just north of Steinmetz, but no name is given. The 1897 Howard
County Atlas also has a school symbol at the same location, so above location is assumed.] |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Sugar Grove School |
| Description: | Named for its location. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Sugar Tree Branch |
| Description: | This stream was probably named for a grove of sugar trees near it. (J.B. Dickerson, Cited
on U.S. Geological Survey, Glasgow Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In
The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Sulphur Creek |
| Description: | Sulphur Creek is so named because of the character of its water. (T. Berry Smith; Cited on
U.S. Geological Survey, Glasgow Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The
Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Swetnam School |
| Description: | A
local family name. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Talbot |
| Description: | This flag
station on the Missouri, Kansas, Texas line commemorates the name of John Talbot on whose land the station was built. (T. Berry
Smith; Cited on Official Map of Missouri 1910) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In
The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Tickridge School |
| Description: | Name of unknown origin. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Turner School |
| Description: | A local
family name. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Union School |
| Description: | A
transferred name from a church. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Walnut Shade School |
| Description: | Named for its location. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Washington School |
| Description: | A
transferred name from a church. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | White Hall School |
| Description: | A
local family name? |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | White's Store |
| Description: | This
country store was named for its proprietor. (J.B. Dickerson; Cited in MISSOURI GAZETTEER (1876), p. 659) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Wilson School |
| Description: | A local
family name. [Abandoned] |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
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