Moniteau County Place Names, 1928-1945
| Place name: | Bacon |
| Description: | Bacon, a
country store, received its name from Mr. James English, a former representative of the county. He was known among his
friends as "Bacon Jim." It is not known why he was given this sobriquet. The owner of the store was a relative of "Bacon Jim's."
The store was abandoned some years ago but the name still clings to the community. (J.W. Fulks; Cited on Railroad Commission
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: | Bear Branch |
| Description: | The
early settlers hunted bears along this creek. The surrounding woods were called Bear Rough. At present only the stream
remains, the woods have been cleared away and the land is now farming land. (J.W. Fulks; Cited on U.S. Geological Survey Map,
Boonville Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Berger Branch |
| Description: | This
small stream was named in honor of Mr. Frank Berger through whose farm it flowed. (Dr. L.M. Gray; Cited on U.S. Geological
Survey Map, Boonville Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Bethel 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: | Brick 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: | Bruce 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: | Bueker 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: | Burris Fork Creek |
| Description: | This stream received its name from a prominent family in the community. (Dr. L.M. Gray;
J.W. Fulks; Cited on U.S. Geological Survey, Boonville Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Burris Fork Township |
| Description: | The name is derived from a stream that flows through the township (q.v.). (Dr. L.M. Gray;
J.W. Fulks) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | California |
| Description: | In 1835
Walter Garner built a blacksmith shop a short distance from the present town of California. "The first saloon there, and the first
house except Garner's shanty and shop was built by Samuel Hand and J. Anderson. At the raising of the logs Mrs. Garner's
brother, California Wilson, offered to treat with two gallons of whiskey if the boys would name the town after him. They agreed
and all proclaimed the place California." Upon the organization of the county in 1845 the commissioners, who were appointed to
locate the county seat, accepted fifty acres of land near the old town of California. A town was laid out here and called
Boonesborough in honor of Daniel Boone, the pioneer. "A year later the post office of the old town was removed to the new, and
the name Boonesborough was discontinued, and that of California, the post office, adopted." Doubtless the change from
Boonesborough to California was also influenced by the agitation concerning the overland railroad to the Pacific coast. The new
country, California, was attracting much attention at this time. (History of Cooper, Cole Moniteau, p. 367; Conard, I, p.
469) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Carlos 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: | Cedron |
| Description: | "The name
Cedron is taken from the rivulet Cedron, near Jerusalem, Palestine." At one time a country store was located here, but only a
Catholic Church, St. Mary's Assumption, remains today. (Names File. Number 10) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Clark 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: | Clarksburg |
| Description: | Clarksburg received its name from Hiram Clark of Kentucky, who settled upon the site and
was the first postmaster. The town was incorporated in 1882. (HIST. COLE, MONITEAU Counties, p. 383; Eaton, p.
331) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Clifty Springs |
| Description: | In 1836
Colonel Henry C. Hickox settled near this spring. It is thought that he named it for the surrounding country. The adjective clifty is
not a common one. However, THE OXFORD DICTIONARY, vol. II, part I, p. 499, gives 1589 as the year in which the word first
appeared. It was spelled cliftie. In 1639 it appeared with the present spelling clifty. (Names file No. 8) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Corticelli |
| Description: | Allen Short
established a store and post office here in 1895. "The name Corticelli was taken from Corticelli Spool Silk." Nothing remains of the
place except the church. (Names File Number 8; Cited in Missouri Gazetteer (1898), 298) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Cross Lane 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: | Donley 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: | Dry Fork |
| Description: | Because
this small stream is dry most of the time it has been given the appellation Dry Fork. (J.W. Fulks; Cited on U.S. Geological Survey,
Boonville Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Eldorado 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: | Elliott 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: | Enon |
| Description: | "When the
Bagnell branch of the Missouri Pacific Railroad was being built through Enon it was a very dry year. Water was hauled from the
four springs near the church for the men to use. This impressed the road builders to such an extent that they decided to call the
town 'Enon' for the church and its springs.
According to tradition the church received its name from the Biblical passage found in John 3:23: 'And John also was baptizing in
Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.'" (California Democrat, September
15, 1927, 4-2). |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Enon 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: | Excelsior 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: | 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: | Felix |
| Description: | Nothing was
found concerning the origin of the name of this, now discontinued, post office. (Cited in Missouri State Gazetteer (1860), p.
83) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Fortuna |
| Description: | About 1880
Godfrey Weber established a store, at what is now Fortuna, and named it Datzen for a friend of his. The following year P.J.
Schmidt became the postmaster. Some months later the government complainted to Schmidt that the name was so much like the
name of other towns in the state it was causing confusion with the mail. Schmidt had ready made stories regarding Greek gods
and goddess and he decided to name his post office "Fortune" for the goddness of fortune. The "e" at the end of the word did not
seem suitable for the name of a town so he changed it to "a" and sent "Fortuna" to the post department. The name was accepted
and was, for a time, the only one in the United States. Recently two or three other towns have been given the name. (California
Democrat, August 11, 1927, 3-1) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Grant School |
| Description: | Named
for a famous man. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Green Grove 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: | Haines Creek |
| Description: | Haines
Creek was probably named for an early settler, although nothing definite was found. (Cited in HIST. COLE, MONITEAU Counties, p.
310) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Hale 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: | Harlan 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: | Harmony 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: | Harrison Township |
| Description: | This township was organized February 28, 1845. The origin of the name was not found. It
is doubtless in honor of an early settler. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The
Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Hazel Dell 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: | Hickory Flat 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: | Hickory 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: | High Point |
| Description: | High Point
"dates from 1831 when H.H. Simpson entered his lands in the neighborhood. The elevation is the highest in the country and hence
the name." (HIST. COLE, MONITEAU Counties, p. 391; Eaton, p. 331) |
| Source: | Pace,
Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1928. |
| Place name: | High Point 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: | High Prairie 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: | Highland 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: | Hirdler |
| Description: | This country
store is now extinct. The origin of the name was not found. (Cited on U.S. Geological Survey, Tuscumbia Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Hook 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: | Independence School |
| Description: | Named for its time of founding (?). |
| Source: | Pace,
Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1928. |
| Place name: | Jamestown |
| Description: | In 1846
S.L. and E.H. James erected a mercantile house here. The town was named in their honor. (HIST. COLE, MONITEAU Counties, p.
387; Eaton, p. 331) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Johnson 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: | Kleiver |
| Description: | Kleiver
perpetuates the name of a Mr. Kleiver who owned the land on which the town was laid out. (Dr. L.M. Gray, Cited on Railroad
Commissioner's 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: | Kraemer 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: | Lancaster |
| Description: | Nothing
was found concerning the name or the history of the place. (Cited on Clark's Map of Missouri, 1860) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Landers Creek |
| Description: | This
stream bears the name of Mr. Jim Landers who lived nearby. (J.W. Fulks; Cited on U.S. Geological Survey, Boonville
Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Latham |
| Description: | Latham was
founded in 1880 by Judge Gardiner Latham, father of the late Dr. Latham, and in his honor named. (Dr. L.M. Gray, W.T. Latham;
Cited on Railroad Commissioner's 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: | Lick Fork |
| Description: | The many
salt licks along the banks of this creek are responsible for the name. (Dr. L.M. Gray, J.W. Fulks; Cited on U.S. Geological Survey,
Boonville Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Lincoln 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: | Linn Township |
| Description: | Linn
Township was organized February 28, 1845. The origin of the name is unknown. |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Lone Elm 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: | Lone Oak 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: | Lone Star 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: | Long Branch |
| Description: | This
stream was so named because of its length. (J.W. Fulks, Cited on U.S. Geological Survey, Boonville Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Lupus |
| Description: | Mr. John B.
Wolf established a store at this place and named it Wolf's Point, but the name being cumbersome was changed by the railroad to
Lupus, the Latin name for wolf. The village is now extinct. (Eaton, p. 331; Dr. L.M. Gray) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Lupus 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: | Magnolia |
| Description: | This
country post office has long been discontinued. The origin of the name is unknown. (Cited in History of Cole and Moniteau
Counties, p. 392, J.W. Fulks) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Marshall Branch |
| Description: | Marshall Branch bears the name of the owner of the farm through which it flows. (J.W.
Fulks, Cited on U.S. Geological Survey, Boonville Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place
Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Martin 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: | Marvey Branch |
| Description: | The
origin of this name was not found. (Cited on U.S. Geological Survey, Boonville Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Mason 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: | McGirk |
| Description: | McGirk was
named for a prominent family who owned the land on which the town was built. A post office was established there in 1880.
(HIST. COLE, MONITEAU, p. 392; Eaton p. 331; Dr. L.M. Gray) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | McGirk 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: | Mineral Branch |
| Description: | Nothing was found concerning the origin of the name. (Cited on U.S. Geological Survey,
Boonville Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Moniteau County |
| Description: | Moniteau County was organized February 14, 1845. It was named for the creek which
flows through it (q.v.). "The present spelling dates from 1821 when the Cole County Court established Moniteau Township, the
orthography being their own for manito or manitou." (HIST. COLE, MONITEAU, p. 310, Campbell, p. 66, Gannett, p.
212) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Moniteau Creek |
| Description: | The
name is a corruption of the Indian word manito. "The Indians often apply this term to uncommon or singular productions of nature,
which they highly venerated. On or near these manitos, they chiefly deposit their offerings to the Great Spirit or Father of Life. On
these rocks several rude figures have been drawn by the Indians with red paint." The original name of the creek was Little
Manitou. The word Moniteau was applied (1821) to a township (Moniteau County) and later was applied to the creek. (Thwaites,
V,; Clark's Sectional 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: | Moreau River |
| Description: | The
term Moreau, signifying "extremely black," was given to this river by the early French explorers probably because of the
character of its water. The name has undergone various changes, River a Morou, Morrow Creek, Murrow Creek. (Heath, p. 366;
Thwaites (Ed. Notes), Vol. 14, p. 145) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The
Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Moreau Township |
| Description: | Moreau Township was organized in 1845 and named for its principal river (q.v.). (Dr. L.M.
Gray, J.W. Fulks) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Mount Vernon |
| Description: | Mount
Vernon "was laid out in the fall of 1836 or 1837 by H. Ray and John T. Thornton, who were the first general merchants. The site
was used as a boat landing before there was a store." It was named for George Washington's Home in Virginia, because of their
similarity in location. Mount Vernon, Missouri being located on a hill leading to the Missouri River and Mount Vernon, Virginia on a
hill leading to the Potomac River. The little village is now extinct. (HIST. COLE, MONITEAU, p. 393; J.W. Fulks) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Mulberry 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: | Norman 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: | North Carolina School |
| Description: | Named for a state (?). |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | North Mount Vernon 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: | North Mt. Vernon 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: | Oak Dale 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: | Oak 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: | Oak 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: | Oak Point |
| Description: | A post
office was established at this place in 1856. The origin of the name was not found. (Cited, Map of Missouri 1860) |
| 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: | Parkes 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: | Pilot Creek |
| Description: | A large
grove of trees near the source of this creek served as a guide to travellers and gave the creek its name. (J.W. Fulks, Cited on
U.S. Geological Survey, Tuscumbis Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The
Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Pilot Grove 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: | Pilot Grove Township |
| Description: | This township was organized June 19, 1854 and named for Pilot Creek, that flows through
its boundaries, (q.v.). (Dr. L.M. Gray, J.W. Fulks) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names
In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Pleasant 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: | Pleasant Ridge 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: | Pleasant Valley 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: | Pleasant View 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: | Pluck 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: | Prairie 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: | Prairie Home 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: | Prairie Union 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: | Red Brush 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: | Renfro's Mill |
| Description: | About
fifty years ago Mr. James P. Renfrow operated a mill at this place. It has been extinct for many years but the name is still applied
to that vicinity. (J.W. Fulks; Cited on Railroad Commissioner's 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: | Rock Island 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: | Sandy 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: | Sandyhook |
| Description: | In 1846
Mr. Frank Rollins opened a store on the banks of the Missouri River and named it Sandyhook because of its location in a curve of
the river where there are many sand bars. (Harlan Crawford, J.W. Fulks, Cited on Railroad Commissioner's 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: | Sappington 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: | Sherman 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: | Shiloh 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: | Smith's Fork |
| Description: | In 1835
Mr. Ab. Smith settled on the banks of the stream that now bears his name. (J.W. Fulks, Cited on U.S. Geological Survey,
Tuscumbia Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | South Carolina School |
| Description: | Named for a state (?). |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | South Mt. Vernon 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: | South Mt. Vernon 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: | Splice Creek |
| Description: | This is
another one of the numerous small streams of which nothing can be found concerning the name. (Cited in HIST. COLE,
MONITEAU, p. 310) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Splice Creek 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: | Stillhouse Branch |
| Description: | Many years ago a whiskey still was operated on the banks of this stream. Hence the name
Stillhouse. (Dr. L.M. Gray; J.W. Fulks; Cited on U.S. Geological Survey Map, Boonville Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Straight Fork |
| Description: | Nothing
was found concerning the origin of the name. (Cited on U.S. Geological Survey, Boonville Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Sunnyside 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: | Surprise 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: | Tanyard Creek |
| Description: | Many
years ago a tanyard was located on this creek. (J.W. Fulks; Cited on U.S. Geological Survey, Boonville Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Tipton |
| Description: | Tipton bears
the name of Mr. William Tipton Seeley who had the town surveyed in 1858 after the building of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. In
1860 he moved his store from Round Hill to the new town. (History of Cole and Moniteau Counties, p. 378; Eaton, p.
331) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Union School |
| Description: | Named
for a church (?). |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Vanpool 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: | Walker Township |
| Description: | Walker Township was organized February 12, 1845. It bears the name of an early settler
who came here about 1840. Before the township was organized that part of the county was known as Walker's Prairie. (J.W.
Fulks) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Walnut 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: | West View 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: | Willow Creek |
| Description: | Willow
Creek received its name from the many Willow trees along its banks. (J.W. Fulks; Cited on U.S. Geological Survey Map, Boonville
Sheet) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Willow Fork 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: | Wind Mill |
| Description: | About sixty-
five years ago, a Mr. Glass owned a mill that was run by wind. It was similar to the wind mills of Holland. With the coming of
engines Wind Mill became extinct. (J.W. Fulks; Cited in Missouri Gazetteer and Business Directory (1860), p. 481) |
| Source: | Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
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