Putnam County Place Names, 1928-1945
| Place name: | Abbott School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Anders School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Anderson |
| Description: | The
proprietors of this town site were the Milwaukee Land Company. The town was surveyed March 14, 1887. It is on the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul railway and has made rapid progress. It was probably named for a railroad official. (HIST. ADAIR,
SULLIVAN AND PUTNAM, p. 586) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The
North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Ayersville |
| Description: | The town
was laid out August 5, 1858 for Byse and Martha Miller. The town is now extinct. It took its name from Sam W. Ayres. The town
was also known as Wyreka. In the 1880s the name was changed to Powersville, (q.v.). (James McGee; HIST. ADAIR, etc., pp.
581-2; Clark's new SECT. MAP; MISSOURI GAZ. (1878-9), p. 100; MISSOURI GAZETEER (1889), p. 140) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Beary School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Beatty School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Berry School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Bradshaw School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Brassfield School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Brown School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Bryant Station |
| Description: | This
station took its name from Archibald Bryant, who kept a store there. It was the county seat for a short time until Dodge County
was annexed. (James McGee (letter); Mrs. Sarah Harper; Glenn Crockett) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Buchanan School |
| Description: | Named for a famous man. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl
Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1928. |
| Place name: | Burns School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Carr School |
| Description: | A family
name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Central City |
| Description: | Central
City was surveyed November 1, 1857 by J.H. Runyon and it was so named because it was the center of Dodge County. (James
McGee; (letter); HIST. ADAIR, pp. 578-9; MISSOURI GAZ., (1889), p. 245) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Central City School |
| Description: | Named for a town. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy.
"Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Chapel |
| Description: | Chapel was
first called Quakerville, as it had been settled by persons of that faith. Later it was changed to Chapel, after the building in which
they worshipped. (James McGee (letter), Postal Guide (1904), p. 676) |
| Source: | Adams,
Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1928. |
| Place name: | Chariton |
| Description: | Chariton
village was so named because of its proximity to the Chariton River. (HIST. ADAIR, p. 584; MISSOURI GAZ., (1899), p. 261;
MISSOURI GAZ., (1889), P. 252) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North
Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Clark Husted School |
| Description: | A family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy.
"Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Clarksburg |
| Description: | Clarksburg was laid out August 23, 1858 by Jacob L. Clark, William Vaugh and Hugh
Hunney. It is quite evident that the village was named for Mr. Clark. (HIST. ADAIR, p. 581) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Cook School |
| Description: | A family
name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Cross Roads |
| Description: | See
Omaha |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Delpha |
| Description: | "A merchant
had a store here and the story goes that he had a beautiful daughter Delpha, hence, the name." (James McGee (letter); MISSOURI
GAZ., (1899), p. 312; Postal Guide, (1904), p. 676) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place
Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Dodge County |
| Description: | Dodge
County was created by an act approved December 18, 1846. By that act its boundaries and territories were defined. The county
was disorganized on March 16, 1853. "The reason for its disorganization was that it embraced a strip of territory about nine
miles wide which was claimed by both Iowa and Missouri. The two states agreed to submit the question of ownership to the
Federal Courts which in 1852 decided in favor of Iowa." According to the session laws of Missouri, all the business of Dodge
County was to be taken over by the Putnam County court. There was no explanation why the name was so-called. (HIST. ADAIR,
pp. 587-90; MISSOURI LAWS, 1852-3, pp. 72-4) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place
Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Dorsett School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Douglas School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | East Dodson School |
| Description: | A family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy.
"Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Elko (Garfield Springs) |
| Description: | Elko was laid out in 1833 by the Pennsylvania, Iowa and Missouri Mining Company. The
agent was a strong Republican so he gave it the name of Garfield Springs. He had discovered that the waters from the springs
had valuable medicinal properties.
In 1866, the post office was established and as there was some difficulty about securing a name, the name Elko was sent from
Washington, D.C. (Postal Guide (1904), p. 676; TOP. MAP, GREEN CITY MISSOURI GAZ., (1899), p. 338; MISSOURI GAZ., (1889),
p. 334) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Elm Branch School |
| Description: | Named for a creek or stream. |
| Source: | Adams,
Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1928. |
| Place name: | Esper |
| Description: | Esper was a
country post office of very short duration. It was probably named for a family. (MISSOURI GAZ., (1899), p. 343; Postal Guide
(1904), p. 676) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Eureka |
| Description: | Eureka was a
pioneer settlement of 175 inhabitants. It was the largest village in Putnam County in 1867. The name must have been borrowed
from the town in Illinois. The word is Greek, meaning "I have found it." (Parker, p. 366; Gannett, p. 122) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Fairview School |
| Description: | A
name of location. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Fife School |
| Description: | A family
name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Fillmore School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Fowler School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Franklin School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Friendship School |
| Description: | Named for a town. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy.
"Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Galesburg |
| Description: | Ephraim
Whitacre was proprietor of the plat. A survey was made March 10, 1858. The town is now extinct. The origin of the name is not
known but the naming of the village was probably influenced by the Galesburgs in the east. (HIST. ADAIR, p. 582; Parker, p.
366) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Galesburg School |
| Description: | Named for a town. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy.
"Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Glendale |
| Description: | A country
post office organized in the 1890s. (TOP. MAP, GREEN CITY; MISSOURI GAZ. (1899), p. 390; Postal Guide (1904), p.
676) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Good Hope School [1 of 2] |
| Description: | An abstract name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy.
"Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Good Hope School [2 of 2] |
| Description: | Named for a church. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy.
"Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1928. |
| Place name: | Grant School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Gravel Ridge School |
| Description: | A name of location. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy.
"Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Gray School |
| Description: | A family
name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Graysville |
| Description: | James O.
Miller started a store at this place in 1867. It is quite evident that the name Millersburg was after Mr. Miller. In 1875, a post office
was established at the petition of E. Gray, Dr. Dukes and others. The post office was named Graysville because there was
another Millersburg in the state. It took its name from Mr. Gray, one of the petitioners. (TOP. MAP, GREEN CITY; HIST. ADAIR, p.
585; MISSOURI GAZ., (1899), p. 400; MISSOURI GAZ., (1899), p. 400; MISSOURI GAZ., (1879), p. 267; Postal Guide (1904), p.
676) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Graysville School |
| Description: | Named for a town. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy.
"Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Halley School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Hand School |
| Description: | A family
name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Harmony |
| Description: | See
Unionville |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Hartford |
| Description: | Hartford is
one of the oldest towns in the county. It was once the county seat of Putnam County and after that the county seat was moved
to Putnamville. Many cities and villages have this name. The name was transferred from
England. (James McGee; TOP. MAP, QUEEN CITY; HIST. ADAIR, p. 577; Gannett, p. 151; MISSOURI GAZ. (1879), p.
287) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Hartford School |
| Description: | Named for a town. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy.
"Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Hatfield School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Haynes School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Hill School |
| Description: | A family
name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Hogg College School |
| Description: | A family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy.
"Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Holbrook |
| Description: | Holbrook
was a country post office near Unionville. The name may have been borrowed from the city in Massachusetts. (Campbell, p. 465;
Gannett, p. 158) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Houston School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Howland (Mendota) |
| Description: | This settlement was first known as Mendota. Mendota comes from an Indian word meaning
the junction of two trails. The village was surveyed July 9, 1873 and called Howland. No information could be found concerning
this name. (HIST. ADAIR, p. 584; Campbell, p. 461; MISSOURI GAZ., (1899), p. 451; MISSOURI GAZ., (1879), p.
305) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Independent School |
| Description: | An abstract name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy.
"Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Jones School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Keene School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | King School |
| Description: | A family
name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Ledford School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Lemons (Xenia) |
| Description: | The
survey of this town was made by Abraham Lemen January 27, 1877. The post office was changed to Lemen Station. In 1878,
the post office reopened under the name Xenia. The railroad station is known as Lemons Station. Recently the name has been
shortened to Lemons. Thus we see how spelling has made the founder almost forgotten. Listed as Lemonville in 1904. (MISSOURI
GAZ. (1889), p. 1537; James McGee, (letter); HIST. ADAIR, pp. 582-3; Postal Guide (1904), p. 675) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Lemonville |
| Description: | See
Lemons or Xenia (Putnam) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North
Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Liberty School |
| Description: | An
abstract name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Livonia |
| Description: | Absolam
Grogan was proprietor of a store at this place. It was surveyed May 5, 1859. The town was originally named after a log church
built and owned by the Cumberland Presbyterians. The name of the church was probably influenced by the name in other states.
(Parker, p. 366; Postal Guide (1925), p. 854; HIST. ADAIR, p. 582; James McGee (letter); TOP. MAP, QUEEN CITY; MISSOURI GAZ.,
(1879), pp. 403-4; MISSOURI GAZ., (1889), p. 768; Gannett, p. 188) |
| Source: | Adams,
Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1928. |
| Place name: | Lone Star School |
| Description: | A
name of unknown origin. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North
Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Loughhead School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Low Ground School |
| Description: | A name of location. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy.
"Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Lucerne |
| Description: | The town of
Lucerne was started in the spring of 1887. It was probably named for the town of Lucerne in Ohio which in turn borrowed its
name from the city in Switzerland. (Gannet, p. 192; HIST. ADAIR, p. 587; MISSOURI GAZ. (1889), p. 779; Postal Guide (1925), p.
854) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Mapleton |
| Description: | Mapleton
was formerly called Lick Skillet. It is a very small village. (TOP. MAP, QUEEN CITY; MISSOURI GAZ. (1889), p. 782; Postal Guide
(1904), p.676) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Mapleton School |
| Description: | Named for a town. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy.
"Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Martinstown |
| Description: | Martinstown took its name from Judge Neal Martin and the town was laid off October 30,
1857. For a time a post office was kept there; it is now extinct. (Postal Guide (1904), p. 676; James McGee (letter); TOP. MAP,
QUEEN CITY; HIST. ADAIR, pp. 579-80; MISSOURI GAZ. (1879), p. 428; MISSOURI GAZ. (1889), p. 810; Mo. Gaz., (1899), p.
794) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | McKay School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | McKinley School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Means School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Medicine Creek |
| Description: | Medicine Creek is said to have been named by the Indians for the reason they found so
many herbs on its banks that they used for medicine. (James McGee, (letter) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Medicineville |
| Description: | Medicineville was a pioneer settlement in 1867. It was evidently located on Medicine Creek
and took its name from the stream. (Parker, p. 366) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place
Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Medicineville School |
| Description: | Named for a town. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy.
"Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Mendota |
| Description: | See
Howland |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Mendota School |
| Description: | Named for a town. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy.
"Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Millersburg |
| Description: | See
Graysville |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Milton Lake |
| Description: | "The lake
is named after a man who owned it at the time it was named." (James McGee, (letter). |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Mt. Vernon School |
| Description: | Named for a church. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy.
"Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1928. |
| Place name: | Oak Grove School |
| Description: | A
name of location. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Omaha |
| Description: | The first
house was built in Omaha in 1845, and a grocery store was built in 1850. The original name of this place was Cross Roads
because of the crossing of roads there. The name Omaha was given by the post office department. (James McGee, (letter);
HIST. ADAIR, p. 578; Mo. Gaz., (1899), p. 883; Mo. Gaz., (1889), p. 904; Mo. Gaz., (1879), p. 485) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Pearson School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Petty School |
| Description: | A family
name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Pickering School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Pleasant Home |
| Description: | See
Worthington |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Powersville |
| Description: | The
Milwaukee Land Company founded this plot and it was surveyed April 22, 1887. It was called Powersville because it was laid out
on Mr. Israel Powers' land. He established the first store to serve the men employed in building the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railroad. (Mo. Gaz., (1889), p. 956; Postal Guide, (1925), p. 854; James McGee, (letter). |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Putnam County |
| Description: | Putnam County was organized February 28, 1845 and was named for General Israel
Putnam who was distinguished in the Revolutionary War. Putnam County was concerned with the dispute between Iowa and
Missouri over a strip of territory nine miles wide which was claimed for both states. The dispute was settled in 1851 when the
Supreme Court awarded this land to Iowa. In an act passed by the state legislature in 1853, Dodge and Putnam Counties were
merged. (HIST. ADAIR, p. 555; Eaton, p. 343; Gannett, p. 225; Record of Char. Co., pp. 19-20) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Putnamville |
| Description: | The first
county seat of Putnam County was Putnamville which was selected and named by the county commissioners. It remained the
county seat until 1849 when the county court ordered that the county seat be again changed to Hartford. When Dodge County
combined with Putman in 1854, the county seat was moved to Harmony. The village of Putnamville takes its name from the county
(q.v.). (Glenn Crockett; HIST. ADAIR, p. 556; Parker, p. 366; Colton's Map) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Quinn |
| Description: | Quinn was a
post office kept at a farmhouse. (Mo. Gaz. (1899), p. 936; Postal Guide (1904), p. 676) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Rosewood |
| Description: | Rosewood must have been a country post office, which had a very short existence. (Top.
Map, Green City; Postal Guide (1904), p. 676) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place
Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Scotland Ridge |
| Description: | Scotland Ridge is only listed in Parker's MISSOURI AS IT IS IN 1867. It was evidently a
pioneer settlement. (Parker, p. 366) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The
North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Scott School |
| Description: | A family
name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Sells School |
| Description: | A family
name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Shawneytown (Shoneytown) |
| Description: | Shawneetown was a pioneer settlement in 1867. It must have taken its name from the
Shawnee Indians. In 1874, it is listed as Shoneytown, a county post office. The post office was discontinued in 1889. (Parker, p.
366; Campbell, p. 461; Mo. Gaz. (1889), p. 1400) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place
Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Shoal Creek |
| Description: | Shoal
Creek was so named because it was a very shallow stream. (Mrs. Sarah Harper, (Glen Crockett); TOP. MAP, QUEEN
CITY |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Shoney School |
| Description: | Named for a town. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy.
"Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Sidney |
| Description: | A country
post office organized in the 1890s. It probably was named for a prominent man in the vicinity. (TOP. MAP, GREEN CITY; MISSOURI
GAZ. (1899), p. 1353; Postal Guide (1904), p. 676) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place
Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Snyder School |
| Description: | Named for a town. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy.
"Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | St. John |
| Description: | St. John
was the county seat of Dodge County. According to Mrs. Sarah Harper, an old resident of the county, the town was named so
because the county commissioners located the town on St. John's Day, 1846.
The chairman of the commission was a Morgan Mason and he suggested that the townsite be called St. John. According to
another authority it was named for a prominent family in the community. Both reasons may have influenced the name. (Postal
Guide (1904), p. 676; Mo. Gaz. (1879), p. 551; Mo. Gaz., (1889), p. 973; CLARKE'S NEW SECTIONAL MAP; Mrs. Sarah Harper,
(Glenn Crockett), Bert Moore) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North
Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | St. John School |
| Description: | Named for a town. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy.
"Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Starr School |
| Description: | A family
name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Stringtown School |
| Description: | Named for a town. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy.
"Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Terre Haute |
| Description: | Terre
Haute was named for the town in Indiana. The town in Missouri was laid out April 3, 1858. It is a French name meaning "high
land." (James McGee (letter); HIST. ADAIR, p. 580; CLARK'S NEW SECT. MAP.; Mo. Gaz. (1889), p. 1485; Mo. Gaz. (1879), p.
819) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Terre Haute School |
| Description: | Named for a town. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy.
"Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Thornburg School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Tinkham School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Unionville |
| Description: | After
Putnam and Dodge Counties consolidated, there was some dispute over where the county seat would be located. After much
dispute a site was finally agreed upon and the place was called Harmony. This name did not suit the people so they changed it to
Unionville because of the union of Putnam and Dodge Counties. (Williams, HISTORY OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI, Vol. I, p. 529;
Eaton, p. 343; Gannett, p. 307; James McGee (letter); RECORD OF CHAR. COUNTY, Part II, pp. 19-20; TOP. MAP, GREEN CITY;
Stevens, Vol. II, p. 772) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Victory School |
| Description: | An
abstract name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Wait School |
| Description: | A family
name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Wells School |
| Description: | A family
name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | West Dodson School |
| Description: | A family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy.
"Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | West Liberty |
| Description: | A plat
was made for the village in 1855 but as this was never recorded it was replatted in 1870. The town was first called Liberty but
as there was another town in the state by the same name, the name was changed to West Liberty. (Postal Guide (1904), p. 616;
Mo. Gaz. (1879), p. 852; Mo. Gaz. (1899), p. 1465; HIST. ADAIR, p. 578; James McGee (letter); CLARK'S NEW SECT.
MAP.) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | White School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Wilkes School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Williamsburg |
| Description: | Williamsburg was laid out for Luther Washburn June 20, 1857. His wife's maiden name
was Williams. (HIST. ADAIR, p. 579; Mo. Gaz. (1899), p. 1473; Parker, p. 366) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Wolfe School |
| Description: | A
family name. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Worthington |
| Description: | This
village was at first called Pleasant Home but the name was changed to Worthington. There was a sheep ranchman by the same
name in the village. (James McGee; TOP. MAP, QUEEN CITY; Postal Guide (1925), p. 854; Postal Guide (1904), p.
676) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Wyreka (Wyroka) |
| Description: | Wyreka was laid out by David and Elizabeth Hovey September 14, 1858. The name is listed
by Parker as Wyroka. The name is probably borrowed from the town in California, which is spelled Yreka but pronounced
Wyreka. It is said to be the word meaning mountain in the Shasta language. The name was probably brought back by the people
who went west to seek for gold in 1849. (Parker, p. 366; Kroeber, p. 68; HIST. ADAIR, p. 581) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Wyreka School |
| Description: | Named for a town. |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy.
"Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Xenia |
| Description: | Xenia is a
Greek word meaning "friendly hospitality." See Lemons. (Gannett, p. 331) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
| Place name: | Yuma |
| Description: | Yuma is a
country post office established about 1893-4. It was probably named for the town in Colorado which was named for the Indian
tribe, and means "sons of the river." (Mo. Gaz. (1899), p. 1484; Postal Guide (1904), p. 676) |
| Source: | Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
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