Randolph County Place Names, 1928-1945
| Place name: | Anderson School |
| Description: | In
Prairie Township. Now consolidated with Renick. Named for William B. Anderson, for many years a teacher in the district. (J.C.
Fleming) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Antioch Christian Church |
| Description: | In Union Township, five miles east of Moberly. See above. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 214; E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Bagby's Creek |
| Description: | In
southern Silver Creek Township. Named for a pioneer family who came from Kentucky. (R.R. Correll, C.B.
Dysart) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Bagby's Mill |
| Description: | One of
the oldest mills in the county, built about 1830 on Sweet Spring Creek near the old plank road between Huntsville and Glasgow.
Before the Civil War it was an important trading point. It remained standing until a few years ago. Named for William Bagby, who
with Sam Davis operated it. (R.R. Correll, C.B. Dysart) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place
Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Baker's Branch |
| Description: | In
Chariton Township, a tributary of Dark Creek. Named for a pioneer settler here. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 126; E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Bee Trace |
| Description: | An old
north-south road in eastern Randolph County, along the divide. So called because many of the travelers along the road often
went hunting for wild honey, a profitable pursuit in pioneer days. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 156; E.M. Richmond; T.J.
Terrill) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Benton School |
| Description: | In Salt
Spring Township. Named for a pioneer settler. (Mrs. F.M. Stamper) |
| Source: | Leech,
Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1933. |
| Place name: | Bernsburg |
| Description: | See
Bournesburg. |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Berthaville |
| Description: | A post
office in Chariton Township, established in 1886 and discontinued in 1893. Named by the postmaster, A.T. Doyle, for a neighbor's
daughter. (W.O. Doyle) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Big Bonne Femme River |
| Description: | See Bonne Femme Creek |
| Source: | Leech, Esther.
"Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Blairs |
| Description: | See
Shafton |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Bonne Femme Creek |
| Description: | Rises in southern Randolph County and flows through Howard County into the Missouri
River. To be distinguished from the smaller Bonne Femme Creek which empties into the Missouri River in Callaway County. Lewis
in his "Summary View of Rivers and Creeks," written in 1804, distinguishes the two by calling the lower and smaller one
Goodwoman's Creek and this one Goodwoman's River (Thwaites VI, 29 f), Beck (p. 260), names this stream Big Bonne Femme
River. The name is one of the oldest French names in the state, and its ultimate origin is unexplained. The words, of course, mean
"good woman," but why the two streams were so called remains a mystery. We may compare such equally early French names
as Bonhomme Creek in St. Louis County and Femme Osage River in St. Charles County. A ridiculous but typical legend invented to
explain this name tells of a pioneer's wife named Euphamia, Famie for short, and a starving Indian who asked her for "a bone,
Famie;" this is worth repeating only as indicating the early pronunication. (JEFFERSON CITY TRIBUNE, December 1, 1869,
Thwaites JOURNALS, VI, 29; E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of
Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Bournesburg |
| Description: | A
country store in southern Moniteau Township, one mile west of Higbee, operated before and during the Civil War by John Bourne,
large landowner of the county. Misspelt Bernsburg and Beurnsburg on earliest maps. Conard (III, 240) erroneously states this
was the old name for Higbee and misnames it Bournsville. (Maps 1844-1870; Mrs. Mary Susan Dysart) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Bournsville |
| Description: | See
Bournesburg |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Breckenridge |
| Description: | An
abandoned coal mine nine miles northwest of Huntsville. Named for John B. Breckenridge, the operator. (Campbell, 469; A.R.
Hammett, M. Lilly) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Brooks School |
| Description: | In
Prairie Township. Named for an early settler. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther.
"Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Brush Creek |
| Description: | In
Chariton Township, a branch of Middle Fork. See above. (M.J. Lilly) |
| Source: | Leech,
Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1933. |
| Place name: | Brush Creek School |
| Description: | In Chariton Township. Named from its location on Brush Creek (q.v.). (E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Burton School |
| Description: | In Salt
River Township. Named for a prominent man of the district. (Mrs. F.M. Stamper) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Cairo |
| Description: | A village in
Cairo Township. Settled in 1858 and first named Fairview, from its pleasant location. Because of another post office by the same
name, the name was changed to Cairo, possibly for Cairo, Illinois, a suggestion of Thomas Dameron, the first postmaster.
(Campbell, 469, HIST. RANDOLPH, 147; M.M. Lilly, E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech,
Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1933. |
| Place name: | Cairo Township |
| Description: | In
the north-central part of the county. Named from Cairo (q.v.), the principal settlement within its limits. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 146; E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Camp |
| Description: | See
McMullen |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Camp McMullen |
| Description: | See
McMullen |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Chapel Grove Methodist Church |
| Description: | In Prairie Township. Organized about 1869; now a part of the Clark organization. The name
is descriptive of the location. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 353; T.R. Morris) |
| Source: | Leech,
Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1933. |
| Place name: | Chapel Grove School |
| Description: | In Prairie Township. Named from Chapel Grove Methodist Church (q.v.). (T.R.
Morris) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Chariton Township |
| Description: | In
the northwestern corner of the county. Organized in 1832, originally a part of Salt River Township. Named from the Chariton
Township, the Middle Fork of which crosses it. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 150) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Clark |
| Description: | A village in
Prairie Township. Known originally as Clark's Switch, because it was located at the crossing point of the Wabash with the St.
Louis, Kansas City and Northwestern Railroad. The post office was at first named Perche, from Perche Creek (q.v.), which
heads nearby. Upon application in 1885 by S.P. Hulen, the name was changed to Clark, from John B. Clark (1831-1903),
congressman from the district. Various maps spell it Clarke and Clarke Station. (S.P. Hulen, T.R. Morris) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Clarke's Station |
| Description: | See
Clark |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Clifton |
| Description: | See Clifton
Hill |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Clifton Hill |
| Description: | A town in
Clifton Township, laid out in 1866 and named for Judge David Clifton, owner of the town site, and also from its location on a hill.
The name of the railroad station is simplified to Clifton. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 149; J.D. Hammett, Porter Mayo) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Clifton Township |
| Description: | In
the west-central part of the county. Named for Judge David Clifton, an early settler from Owen County, Kentucky, prominent in
the township. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 147-50; R.R. Correll, Porter Mayo, T.R. Mayo) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Coal Creek |
| Description: | In
Moniteau Township, a branch of Silver Creek. See above. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Collier Branch |
| Description: | A
tributary of Sugar Creek in Prairie Township. Named for J.M. Collier, an early settler and landowner. (E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Cottage Grove School |
| Description: | In Union Township. An attractive little building located in a grove; hence its name. (W.T.
Nise, E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Coy Branch |
| Description: | In Prairie
Township, a branch of Coon Creek, named for an early settler in the neighborhood. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 162; W.T.
Nise) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Crisman School |
| Description: | In
Chariton Township. Named for Judge Austin Crisman from Virginia, on whose land the building was located. (E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Dark Creek |
| Description: | In Clifton,
Salt Spring, and Chariton Townships, a branch of the East Fork of Chariton River. Said to have been named in 1821 by William
Elliott, who, overtaken by night while hunting in the vicinity, camped on the banks. He is said to have remarked that it was the
darkest night he had ever seen, and to have called it, therefore, Dark Creek. This may be a later invention, and the name may be a
personal one, especially since the adjoining Dark's Prairie (q.v.) is always written with the possessive ending. Perhaps the name
should be considered a "contamination" of personal and descriptive. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 151; E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Dark's Prairie |
| Description: | An
expanse of rich, level land in Chariton Township, drained by Dark Creek (q.v.). Hence the name. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 150-3; M.
Lilly, E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Darksville |
| Description: | A village
and discontinued post office in Chariton Township. Settled in 1856 and named from Dark Creek (q.v.). The name Dornsville,
evidently an error in printing, is found on maps for 1866, 1871, and 1895. (Postal Guide 1870-1904; E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Dornsville |
| Description: | See
Darksville |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Dover Baptist Church |
| Description: | In Prairie Township. See above. Formerly called Turner's Prairie, from a pioneer family and
its location in a prairie county. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 1920, 160, 213; 1884, 350; J.C. Fleming, E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Dover Christian Church |
| Description: | In Moniteau Township. Organized in 1845 and later removed to Higbee. See above.
(HISTORY OF RANDOLPH AND MACON, 356; E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther.
"Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Dover School |
| Description: | In
Moniteau Township. Named from the Dover Christian Church (q.v.). (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Duncanville |
| Description: | A
trading-point in Prairie Township. Named for the proprietress, Mrs. Ella Duncan. (RAND MC NALLY ATLAS; C.R.
Davis) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Eads Chapel Methodist Church |
| Description: | In Jackson Township, four miles west of Jacksonville. Said by informants to have been
named for the donor of the site. (E.Y. Keiter, E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther.
"Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | East Fork of Chariton River |
| Description: | Rises in Jackson Township, flowing south and west into Chariton County. A name
descriptive of its location. (RANDOLPH ATLAS 1876) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place
Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Ebenezer Baptist Church |
| Description: | In western Moniteau Township; now defunct, most of the members having removed to
Higbee. See above. (E.M. Richmond, T.J. Terrill) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names
Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Ebenezer School |
| Description: | In
western Moniteau Township. Named from Ebenezer Baptist Church (q.v.). (T.J. Terrill) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Edward School |
| Description: | In
Prairie Township. Named for William Edwards, pioneer, on whose land it was located. (J.A. Maxwell) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Edwards Creek |
| Description: | A
tributary of Big Creek, in Prairie Township. Named for William Edwards, early settler. (E.Y. Keiter, E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Edwardville |
| Description: | A
discontinued store and post office in northwestern Prairie Township. Named for William Edwards, who ran it. Edwards on map of
1866; Edwardsville in Wetmore's GAZETTEER (p. 275) (J.B. Hubbard) |
| Source: | Leech,
Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1933. |
| Place name: | Eldad Presbyterian Church |
| Description: | In Chariton Township, eleven miles northwest of Huntsville. A Bible name (NUM. 11:26)
meaning "God has loved." (HISTORY OF RANDOLPH AND MACON, 143; E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Elliott |
| Description: | An abandoned
mining settlement and post office (1886-1918) in Moniteau Township, on the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad. Named for a
railroad official, John B. Elliott of Boonville. Also named Elliott Station on various maps. (Maps 1886 f.; J.C. Fleming, E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Elliott Station |
| Description: | See
Elliott |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Enon Baptist Church |
| Description: | In Union Township, about four miles southwest of Moberly; organized in 1872. See Eanon
Baptist Church. (HISTORY OF RANDOLPH AND MACON, 353; E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Evansville School |
| Description: | In
Union Township. Named from the town in Monroe County about one mile east. (W.T. Nise) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Fairview |
| Description: | See
Cairo |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Fairview Christian Church |
| Description: | In Moniteau Township, near Higbee. A not very appropriate descriptive name, since it is in
wooded land. A branch of the organization withdrew and named itself Fairview Church of Christ. (E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Fairview Church of Christ |
| Description: | See Fairview Christian Church |
| Source: | Leech,
Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1933. |
| Place name: | Fairview School |
| Description: | In
Prairie Township. A name descriptive of the location. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech,
Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1933. |
| Place name: | Felps Chapel Presbyterian Church |
| Description: | In Salt River Township, ten miles east of Cairo. Organized in 1902 and named for Judge
Harris Felps, who gave land for the site. (SYNOD OF MISSOURI, 68; W.S. Turner) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Felps School |
| Description: | In Salt
River Township. Named for Judge Harris Felps, on whose land it is located. (W.T. Nise, E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Firth |
| Description: | A settlement,
now almost abandoned, in Union Township. Begun in 1836 by James B. Dameron and named Milton for his hometown, Milton,
Caswell County, North Carolina. The name was changed later to Firth because of another Milton post office in the state (Atchison
County). Named for William Firth, a Moberly postmaster. (HAYWARD, 826, HIST. RANDOLPH, 162, Maps 1844-1876; 1886; E.M.
Richmond, J.W. Wight) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Flat Creek |
| Description: | Rises in
Cairo Township, Randolph County, crossing the northern corner of Union Township into Marion Township, Monroe County. A
branch of the Middle Fork of Salt River; so named because it is subject to overflowing. (HISTORY OF RANDOLPH, 147; E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Forest Park |
| Description: | See
Rothwell Park |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Fort Henry |
| Description: | A
discontinued post office in Salt Spring Township, four miles northwest of Huntsville. Settled more than eighty years ago and
named by reversing the names of Dr. Henry Fort, an early settler and businessman from Tennessee. (GOODWIN, 16; J.D.
Hammett, E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Fort Henry School |
| Description: | In
Salt Spring Township. Named from the discontinued post office (q.v.). |
| Source: | Leech,
Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1933. |
| Place name: | Four Mile Prairie |
| Description: | A
discontinued post office in Sugar Creek Township, northeast of Moberly. Named from its location on prairie which at this place is
about four miles in width. (Wetmore, 275; T.R. Mayo) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place
Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Galbreath's Creek |
| Description: | Rises in Prairie Township, Randolph County, flowing east into Union Township, Monroe
County. Named for a pioneer settler here. (W.T. Nise, T.J. Terrell) |
| Source: | Leech,
Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1933. |
| Place name: | Gill School |
| Description: | In Salt
Spring Township. Named for Fisher Gill, on whose land it is located. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Good Hope Baptist Church |
| Description: | In Chariton Township, west of Grand Center. Organized in 1871. An ideal name. (HIST.
RANDOLPH, 214; J.C. Fleming) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East
Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Goodwoman's River |
| Description: | See Bonne Femme Creek |
| Source: | Leech, Esther.
"Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Grand Center |
| Description: | A store
and discontinued post office (1892-1904), in Chariton Township. So named because it is centrally located in a good farming
district, also at cross roads. (Maps, 1906 f.; E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther.
"Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Grand Prairie Presbyterian Church |
| Description: | In Cairo Township, two miles northwest of Cairo. Organized in 1863 and named from its
location on the Grand Prairie (q.v.). (SYNOD OF MISSOURI, 81; E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Grimes School |
| Description: | In
Sugar Creek Township. Named for Leonard Grimes, pioneer, on whose land it is located. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Gun Creek |
| Description: | In
Chariton and Jackson Townships, a branch of East Fork of Chariton River. Named for Sterling Gun, early settler here. (E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Gun Lake |
| Description: | In Clifton
Township, southwest of Clifton Hill. Drained in 1870, but once it covered about forty acres. Named for the owner of the land, a
pioneer settler. (Porter Mayo, T.R. Mayo) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six
East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Hagar Chapel Union Church |
| Description: | In Sugar Creek Township, an organization of Baptists and Methodists. Named for Levi
Hagar, donor of the site. (J.C. Fleming, Mrs. C.W. Hagar) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place
Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Hagar School |
| Description: | In Salt
Spring Township. Named for a family of the district. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech,
Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1933. |
| Place name: | Haines School |
| Description: | In
Cairo Township. Named for Finis Haines, pioneer in district. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Hamilton School |
| Description: | In
Prairie Township. Named for Francis Hamilton, pioneer settler of the district. (J.A. Maxwell) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Happy Zion Baptist Church |
| Description: | See Silver Creek Baptist Church |
| Source: | Leech,
Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1933. |
| Place name: | Hardin |
| Description: | A switch on
the C. and A. Railroad in Prairie Township. Named for Benjamin Hardin, on whose land it was located. (Map 1885; J.C. Fleming,
J.A. Maxwell) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Hardister School |
| Description: | In
Salt Spring Township. Named for a family of the district. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Harkes |
| Description: | A coal chute
and railroad station in Moniteau Township, now abandoned. Named for William Harkes, general superintendent of the Northern
Central Coal Company. Originally named Wilcox, when the mine was opened in 1898, for Henderson D. Wilcox, large landowner
and stock-holder in the mining company. The name was changed when Mr. Harkes bought the mine in 1905. (RAND MC NALLY
ATLAS; J.C. Fleming, E.Y. Keiter) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East
Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Head's Store |
| Description: | See
Roanoke |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Hell's Half Acre |
| Description: | In
Prairie Township, east of Renick, an abandoned store and saloon. So named because of the roughness of the patrons and the
many frays that took place there. (C.R. Davis, W.R. Davis) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther.
"Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Hickory Grove Baptist Church |
| Description: | In Chariton Township, twelve miles northwest of Huntsville. Named from its original location
in a hickory grove. (HISTORY OF RANDOLPH AND MACON, 351; E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Hickory Grove School |
| Description: | In Moniteau Township. See above. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Hickory School |
| Description: | In
Chariton Township. Named from its location near a hickory grove. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Higbee |
| Description: | A town in
Moniteau Township on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas and the C. and A. Railroad. Settled in 1872 and named for Joseph Higbee,
an early settler and prominent citizen of the township. (Mrs. Sue C. Buton, C.B. Dysart, Mrs. Mary Susan Dysart) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Higbee Church |
| Description: | About
one mile west of the present site of Higbee; one of the earliest in the county, of Baptist and Christian denominations. Named for
Joseph Higbee, who donated land for the site. Now defunct. (Mrs. Sue C. Burton) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Highland School |
| Description: | In
Salt River Township. See above. (T.J. Terrill) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of
Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Hill's Crown |
| Description: | A
discontinued post office listed in Goodwin's Gazetteer (p. 20), and in the ST. LOUIS GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY,
1860 (p. 121). Probably a name of location. |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of
Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Hoover Creek |
| Description: | Rises
in Jackson Township, crossing the northwestern corner of Salt River Township into Macon County. Probably a family name.
Misspelt Hover on 1876 atlas. (W.T. Nise) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six
East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Hubbard |
| Description: | A rural
settlement and post office (1887-1904), in Chariton Township. Named for the proprietor of the store. (E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Huntsville |
| Description: | The county
seat, in Salt Spring Township. Settled in 1829 and made the county seat by a state law of December 4, 1830. Named for Daniel
Hunt, one of four donors of the town site. He was a Kentuckian, one of the first settlers in the township. (Hayward, 826, Missouri
State Laws, First Session of the 6th General Assembly, HIST. RANDOLPH, 195 f.; J.D. Hammett) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Jackson Township |
| Description: | In
the north-central part of the county. Named for Hancock Jackson, one of the early settlers of the county. He held a number of
county offices and was also elected lieutenant-governor in 1857. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 155; E.Y. Keiter, E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Jacksonville |
| Description: | A village
in Jackson Township. Named from the township (q.v.). Written Jackson Ville on early maps. (Maps 1866 f.; E.Y. Keiter, E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Johnson's Schoolhouse |
| Description: | See Providence Methodist Church |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Kimberly |
| Description: | An
abandoned mining settlement and post office (1901-1904), in Salt Spring Township, west of Moberly. Opened up in 1895 and
named for Kimberley, South Africa, which had attained world-wide note through its diamond mining boom begun a few decades
earlier. The name was probably suggested by Mr. Harrison Jones, of the mining firm of Jones and Davis, and probably
accidentally misspelled. The mine was abandoned about 1908. (J.D. Hammett, W.T. Vaughan) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Levick's Mill |
| Description: | A post
office in Salt River Township, discontinued in 1904. Named for Abram Levick, who operated a saw and grist mill here. Formerly
named Pattonsburg, for an early settler by the name of Patton. When the post office was established here, the name was
changed there being a Pattonsburg in Davies County. Written Levick Mill on more recent maps. (M.J. Lilly, W.S.
Turner) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Liberty Christian Church |
| Description: | In Salt River Township, five miles northwest of Cairo. An ideal name. (E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Liberty School |
| Description: | In
Chariton Township. An ideal name. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place
Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Lick Creek |
| Description: | In Cairo
and Salt River Townships, a branch of Mud Creek. Named from an old deer lick near it. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 161; E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Little Union Baptist Church |
| Description: | In Salt Spring Township, one mile north of Huntsville, now defunct. An ideal name. (HIST.
RANDOLPH, 213; E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East
Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Locust Creek |
| Description: | In
Chariton Township, a branch of East Fork of Chariton River. Possibly named for the locust trees along its banks. (HIST.
RANDOLPH, 136; C.B. Dysart) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East
Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Long Siding |
| Description: | A
railroad sidetrack in Sugar Creek Township, south of Moberly. Used for loading ties from a mill nearby. Named from the fact that
the side-track is a mile in length. (Maps 1891-1896; J.C. Fleming, M.J. Lilly) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Magic City |
| Description: | See
Moberly |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Martin Branch |
| Description: | In
Silver Creek Township, a branch of Sweet Spring Creek. Named for a pioneer settler. (C.B. Dysart, E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Matthews School |
| Description: | In
Cairo Township. Named for Judge R.S. Matthews, pioneer, on whose land it was located. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | McClainsville |
| Description: | A
trading point, now out of existence, in Chariton Township, near Jacksonville. Named for the proprietor of the store. (HIST.
RANDOLPH, 223; J.D. Hammett, E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names
Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | McDonald |
| Description: | A
abandoned coal mine in Moniteau Township, south of Higbee on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad. Named for the operator
of the mine. (J.A. Maxwell, E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of
Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | McKinney Branch |
| Description: | In
western Salt River Township, a branch of Mud Creek. Named for a pioneer family. (E.M. Richmond, T.J. Terrell) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | McMullen |
| Description: | A
discontinued post office (1886-1889), and coal mining settlement in Prairie Township on the C. and A. Railroad. Named for the
owner of the store there. Earlier known simply as Camp, because it was a miner's camp. Variations on maps are Camp McMullin,
Camp McMullen, and McMullin. (M.J. Lilly, E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place
Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Medical Springs |
| Description: | See
Randolph Springs |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Middle Fork of Chariton River |
| Description: | In Chariton and Clifton Townships, joining Chariton River in Chariton County. The name is
descriptive of the location. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 136) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place
Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Midway Baptist Church |
| Description: | In Chariton Township, six miles northwest of Huntsville. So named because of its location
midway between Darksville and Huntsville. (MISSOURI BAPTIST BULLETIN, 252; E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Milton |
| Description: | See
Firth |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Milton School |
| Description: | In Union
Township. Named from the post office (q.v.). |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of
Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Moberly |
| Description: | A city in
Sugar Creek Township. In 1861 the inhabitants of Allen were asked by the Chariton and Randolph Railroad Company (now a part
of the Wabash system), to vacate and locate their intersection with the North Missouri Railroad. Patrick Lynch was the only one
to accept an offer of land at the new town, and was, therefore, its first inhabitant. Named for Colonel William E. Moberly, of
Brunswick, who was the first president of the Chariton and Randolph Railroad. Early variations in pronunication wavered
between a long and a short o, the latter said to be the pronunication of the family name. Preference for the former, however,
finally won out. Locally called in early days "Magic City" because it grew up like a mushroom. The appellation is still heard
occasionally. (Eaton, 344, HIST. RANDOLPH, 169 f.; J.D. Hammett, E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Moniteau Creek |
| Description: | Heads in eastern Moniteau Township, flowing south through Howard County into the
Missouri River. Evidently a corruption of the Indian word "manito," meaning "spirit." The change in spelling is due to French
influence. Eaton explains the name to have originated from a painted figure of a man upon a rock at the mouth of the creek.
Thwaites (ORIGINAL JOURNALS), names it Manito Creek. (Eaton, 331, Hodge, 801) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Moniteau Township |
| Description: | In the south-central part of the county; originally a part of Prairie and Silver Creek
Townships. Named for Moniteau Creek (q.v.), which heads within it. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 157) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Morton School |
| Description: | In
Prairie Township. Named for James Morton, pioneer of the district. (J.A. Maxwell) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Moth Branch |
| Description: | Crosses the southwestern corner of Silver Creek Township, into Chariton County. The
origin of the name could not be determined. |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of
Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Mount Harmony Baptist Church |
| Description: | In Salt River Township. Organized in 1828, now extinct. The name is perhaps a mistake for
the Biblical Mt. Hermon (DEUT. 4:48) or there may be a "contamination" with the family name Harmon. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 213; E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Mount Hope |
| Description: | A
discontinued post office listed in Westmore's Gazetteer, 275. Perhaps from Mount Hope Presbyterian Church near Huntsville.
(E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Mount Hope Presbyterian Church |
| Description: | In Salt Spring Township, about four miles northeast of Huntsville. An emblematic name.
(E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Mountairy |
| Description: | A trading
point and discontinued post office in Silver Creek Township, settled by Virginians. Named from its location, said to be at the
highest point in the county. It seems probably that the name comes from the pioneers' native state, as there is a Mt. Airy in
Virginia. Called Mt. Airy on all early maps (1844-1906). Originally called Uptonsville for a Mr. Upton, who ran the store. (Wetmore,
275; C.B. Dysart, J.C. Fleming, J.D. Hammett) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of
Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church |
| Description: | In Chariton Township, ten miles north of Clifton Hill. Organized on August 31, 1873. See
above. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Mt. Carmel School |
| Description: | In
Chariton Township. Named from Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church (q.v.) nearby. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Mt. Hope School |
| Description: | In
Salt Spring Township. Named from Mt. Hope Presbyterian Church (q.v.) nearby. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Mt. Olive Presbyterian Church |
| Description: | In Salt Spring Township, three miles northeast of Huntsville. Organized in 1887. A Bible
name, a variant for the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem (MAT. 24:3). (SYNOD OF MISSOURI, 83; E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Mt. Olivet Baptist Church |
| Description: | In Chariton Township, fourteen miles northeast of Huntsville. See above. (MISSOURI
BAPTIST BULLETIN, 252; E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six
East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Mt. Shiloh Baptist Church |
| Description: | In Chariton Township, twelve miles northwest of Huntsville. A Bible name (JOS. 18:1)
meaning "tranquillity," a sacred place ten miles north of Bethel. (MISSOURI BAPTIST BULLETIN, 252; E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Mt. Vernon Baptist Church |
| Description: | In Prairie Township. Organized in 1858, now defunct. Probably named for the home of
George Washington. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 213; E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther.
"Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Muncas Creek |
| Description: | In
Chariton Township, a branch of Middle Fork of Chariton River. Spelt Muncus in the HIST. RANDOLPH, 148. (J.C.
Fleming) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | New Hope Methodist Church |
| Description: | In Salt Spring Township, at Fort Henry. See above. (J.D. Hammett, E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | No. 6 School |
| Description: | In
Prairie Township, abolished when the Elliott coal mines discontinued operation. An old district number; the school was never
given another name. (J.C. Fleming) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East
Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Oak Grove Baptist Church |
| Description: | In Salt Spring Township, one of the oldest in the county, now extinct. A name descriptive of
its location. (HISTORY OF RANDOLPH AND MACON; E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech,
Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1933. |
| Place name: | Oak Grove School [1 of 2] |
| Description: | In Salt Spring Township. Located originally in an oak grove. (T.R. Mayo) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Oak Grove School [2 of 2] |
| Description: | In Prairie Township. Named from its location in an oak grove. (E.Y. Keiter) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Oak Point |
| Description: | A
discontinued post office in northwestern Prairie Township. The name was doubtless descriptive. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 161,
Wetmore, 275) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Old Reservior |
| Description: | In
Sugar Creek Township, west of Moberly. Once the city's water supply, but no longer used. (Kenneth Bolen, E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Oliver School |
| Description: | In Salt
Spring Township. Named for William Oliver, on whose land it was located. (Porter Mayor) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Painter Creek |
| Description: | In
southwestern Salt River Township, a branch of Mud Creek. Perhaps from the panthers or "painters" so familiar in early days.
(RANDOLPH ATLAS 1876) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Patton School [1 of 2] |
| Description: | In Prairie Township. Named for George Patton, on whose land it was located. (J.C.
Fleming) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Patton School [2 of 2] |
| Description: | See Salem School (Salt River Township) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Pattonsburg |
| Description: | See
Levick's Mill |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Penney's |
| Description: | A
discontinued post office in Salt Spring Township, northeast of Huntsville. Here also were a mill and a pottery. Named for William
Penny, on whose land it was located. (Goodwin, 32, Hayward, 826; T.R. Mayo, E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Perche |
| Description: | See
Clark |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Perche Creek |
| Description: | See
Roche Perche Creek |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Pleasant Grove Union Church |
| Description: | In Silver Creek Township, northwest of Yates. Organized in 1828 by Baptists and
Presbyterians, now defunct. See above. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 213; R.R. Quinn) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Pleasant Hill Baptist Church |
| Description: | In Cairo Township, three miles west of Cairo. Organized about 1865. See above. (HISTORY
OF RANDOLPH AND MACON, 356; E.M. Richmond |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place
Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Prairie Township |
| Description: | In
the southeast corner of the county. So named because it consists almost entirely of prairie land. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 159; E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Providence Christian Church |
| Description: | In Salt Spring Township, five miles south of Huntsville. An ideal name. (J.C. Fleming, E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Providence Methodist Church |
| Description: | In Clinton Township, three miles north of Clifton Hill. The congregation organized in 1834,
met first in a log cabin, also used for school purposes, called Johnson's Schoolhouse, for the owner. In 1846 they erected a
building known as "Twelve Corners," made of logs and actually containing twelve corners--an architectural wonder. See above.
(HIST. RANDOLPH, 149, 214, 352; Mrs. F.M. Stamper) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place
Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Randolph |
| Description: | See
Renick |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Randolph County |
| Description: | Originally a part of Howard County. Organized as a separate county on January 22, 1829.
It is bounded on the north by Macon County, on the east by Audrain and Monroe, on the south by Boone and Howard, and on the
west by Chariton County. It was named for John Randolph of Roanoke, Virginia, an orator and statesman of renown. Randolph
was born in Chesterfield, Virginia, June 2, 1773, and died in Philadelphia, June 24, 1833. He was educated at Princeton and
Columbia Universities. Besides being a member of the House of Representatives for several terms, beginning in 1799, he was
also a United States Senator and a minister to Russia. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 96, 121 f., STATE LAWS, FIRST SESSION 5TH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 42-44; J.D. Hammett, E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther.
"Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Randolph Springs |
| Description: | An
abandoned health resort and discontinued post office (1889-1904), in Salt Spring Township. Named from the county. Also
known earlier as Medical Springs, because of the healing qualities of the large salt and sulphur springs there. The resort, very
popular in its day, was built by Charles Dameron, an old settler, now a resident of Louisiana. The name was changed when a
resort was opened up here. Referred to sometimes merely as Salt Spring. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 116; J.D. Hammett, E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Renick |
| Description: | A village in
Prairie Township. Settled in 1856 and named originally Randolph, from the county. When the railroad was built through here and
the town laid out, the name was changed to Renick, for one of the promoters of the North Missouri (now Wabash), Railroad.
Rennick Station on earlier maps. (Campbell, 470; M. Lilly, J.A. Maxwell) |
| Source: | Leech,
Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1933. |
| Place name: | Renick Station |
| Description: | See
Renick |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Ridings School |
| Description: | In Salt
River Township. Named for a family of the district. (E.Y. Keiter) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther.
"Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Roanoke |
| Description: | A village on
the Randolph-Howard County line, in Silver Creek Township. Settled in 1836 and named for Roanoke, Virginia, the birthplace of
John Randolph, for whom Randolph County was named. The name was suggested by Judge James Head, the founder. Also
known in its early days by the less dignified name of Head's Store for Judge James Head, pioneer settler from Orange County,
Virginia and one of the judges of the first county court as well as the first county collector. Also known at an early date as Van
Buren, for Martin Van Buren, the successful candidate for president of the United States the year the settlement was made, but
changed no doubt because of his later unpopularity following the panic of 1837. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 165, MAPS 1844 f.; J.D.
Hammett, E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Roche Perche Creek |
| Description: | Heads in Prairie Township, west of Renick, flowing through Boone County into the Missouri
River. Named by the French Roche Percee because of a high, craggy cliff at the mouth, the name meaning perforated or split
rock. (Switzler, 1069, Thwaites, E.W.T., XIV, 147; J.A. Maxwell) |
| Source: | Leech,
Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1933. |
| Place name: | Rolling Home |
| Description: | An
abandoned trading post and post office in Chariton Township. Named from its location on rolling prairie land. (J.D. Hammett, E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Rothwell Park |
| Description: | At the
outskirts of Moberly. Formerly known as Forest Park because of the many trees growing there. The name was changed a few
years ago to honor Rolla Rothwell, mayor of Moberly over a period of twenty-five years. (Kenneth Bolen, J.C.
Fleming) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Rough Branch |
| Description: | In
Silver Creek Township, a branch of East Fork of Chariton River. So named because it runs fast, having a good fall. It also
frequently overflows in rainy weather. (T.R. Mayo) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place
Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Ryder |
| Description: | A switch on
the C. and A. Railroad in Prairie Township, used for loading ties. Named for the owner of the land. (Maps 1908 f.; C.B. Dysart,
E.Y. Keiter) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Salem Baptist Church |
| Description: | In Salt Springs Township, five miles south of Huntsville. See above. (J.C. Fleming, E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Salem Christian Church |
| Description: | In Union Township, six miles east of Moberly. See above. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 214; E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Salem Presbyterian Church |
| Description: | In Salt River Township, northeast of Cairo. See above. (T.J. Terrill) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Salem School [1 of 2] |
| Description: | In Salt River Township. Named from Salem Presbyterian Church (q.v.). Also known as
Patton School, for a landowner of the district. (T.J. Terrill) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther.
"Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Salem School [2 of 2] |
| Description: | At Moberly in Sugar Creek Township. Named from
Salem Christian Church (q.v.) across the road. (J.A. Maxwell) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther.
"Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Salt Fork |
| Description: | In Moniteau
Township, flowing into Howard County. Named from the salt springs nearby. (Pace, 169; E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Salt River Township |
| Description: | In the northeastern corner of the county; named for Salt River which flows through an
adjoining county (Monroe), one tributary of which, Mud Creek, flows through the township. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 161-2; E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Salt Spring |
| Description: | See
Randolph Springs |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Salt Spring Township |
| Description: | In the central-west part of the county, one of the four original townships. Named from the
rather large salt spring in its borders -- the source of salt supply for early settlers of the county. The first salt mill was built here
nearly a hundred years ago. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 192-3; J.D. Hammett, E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Shafton |
| Description: | An
abandoned coal mining settlement in Prairie Township, on the C. and A. Railroad. Named from the coal shaft. The local name was
Blairs, for the operator, Paddy Blair from Richmond, Missouri. (MAP 1886; J.C. Fleming, J.A. Maxwell) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Shelton Creek |
| Description: | In
Prairie and Sugar Creek Townships, a branch of Coon Creek. Named for Thomas Shelton, pioneer settler here. (J.A.
Maxwell) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Silver Creek |
| Description: | Rises in
Moniteau Township, crossing Silver Creek Township and flowing into Chariton County. Named because of the purity of the
waters and its palatable qualities, resulting from the springs which feed it and the limestone rock which forms most of its bed.
(HIST. RANDOLPH, 164; R.R. Quinn, Mrs. F.M. Stamper) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place
Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Silver Creek Baptist Church |
| Description: | In Silver Creek Township, three miles south of Clifton Hill. Organized in August, 1819,
when, until 1827, it was known as Happy Zion from the Bible name for a part of Jerusalem (II SAM. 5:7) plus a descriptive
adjective. Named later from its location on Silver Creek (q.v.). (HISTORY OF RANDOLPH AND MACON, 350; E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Silver Creek Township |
| Description: | In the southwestern corner of the county, one of the four original townships. The first
settlement of the county was made here, because of proximity to the Missouri River. Named for Silver Creek (q.v.), which flows
through it. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 163) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East
Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Smith Branch |
| Description: | A
tributary of Sugar Creek in Prairie Township. Named for Joll Smith, pioneer settler. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Smith School |
| Description: | In Silver
Creek Township. Named for a pioneer settler of the district. (R.R. Quinn) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Smithland |
| Description: | A
stagecoach stop and post office in Moniteau Township, west of Renick and displaced by it when the Wabash Railroad was built
through here. Named for William Smith, who operated a store here before the Civil War. (Goodwin, 38, Maps 1844-1871; Mrs.
Mary Susan Dysart, E.Y. Keiter; J.A. Maxwell) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of
Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | South Mud Creek |
| Description: | In
eastern Cairo Township, a fork of Mud Creek (q.v.). (RANDOLPH ATLAS 1876) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Spring Branch |
| Description: | In
Chariton Township, a branch of Brush Creek. So named because it is fed by several pure water springs. (E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Stink Creek |
| Description: | In
Chariton Township, a branch of Middle Fork of Chariton River. Named for the odor caused by the mineral springs which feed it.
(T.R. Mayo) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Sugar Creek |
| Description: | In Sugar
Creek, Cairo and Salt Spring Townships, a branch of East Fork of Chariton River. See above. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 136; W.T. Nise,
E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Sugar Creek Presbyterian Church |
| Description: | In Sugar Creek Township, two miles northwest of Moberly. Organized in 1840, now
defunct. Named from its location on Sugar Creek (q.v.). (HIST. RANDOLPH, 214; E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Sugar Creek Reservoir |
| Description: | An artificial lake northwest of Moberly, in Sugar Creek Township, built about six years ago
and named from Sugar Creek (q.v.) which was dammed to form it. (Kenneth Bolen, W.T. Nise) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Sugar Creek School |
| Description: | In Sugar Creek Township. Named from its location on Sugar Creek (q.v.). (E.M.
Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Sugar Creek Township |
| Description: | In the central and eastern part of the county; one of the original townships, organized in
1829 and named from Sugar Creek (q.v.), which rises within it, near Moberly, and flows into the East Fork of Chariton River a
short distance above Huntsville. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 167) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place
Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Sunshine |
| Description: | In Moniteau
Township, on the C. and A. Railroad east of Higbee; a mining camp, abandoned about 1908 and from its location in a warm
valley. (J.C. Fleming) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Sweet Spring Baptist Church |
| Description: | In Salt Spring Township, near Huntsville. Organized in 1879, now defunct. Named from its
location on Spring
Creek (q.v.). (MISSOURI BAPTIST BULLETIN, 252; T.J. Terrill) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther.
"Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Sweet Spring Creek |
| Description: | A branch of East Fork of Chariton River in Chariton Township. So named from the purity of
the water, which is fed by a spring and has a sweet taste. (HIST. RANDOLPH, 164; E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Sweet Spring Methodist and Presbyterian Church |
| Description: | In Salt Spring Township, five miles southwest of Huntsville. Organized in 1841 and named
from its location on Sweet Spring Creek (q.v.). (SYNOD OF MISSOURI, 70; E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Taunton |
| Description: | A mining
settlement in Prairie Township, south of
Renick, the first one in the county; abandoned about sixty-five years ago. Opened by a Massachusetts Company located at
Taunton, Massachusetts. Hence the name. (J.A. Maxwell) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther.
"Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Terrill School |
| Description: | In
Sugar Creek Township. Named for John Terrill, on whose land it was located. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Thomas Hill |
| Description: | A post
office in Chariton Township, discontinued in 1904. Named for William Thomas, an early settler and from its location on a small hill.
Originally Thomasville, but changed when the post office was established because of a post office by the same name in Oregon
County. (Maps 1866 f.; J.D. Hammett) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East
Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Thomasville |
| Description: | See
Thomas Hill |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Towles School |
| Description: | See
Oakland School |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Trinity Methodist Church |
| Description: | In Salt Spring Township. See above. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Trinity School |
| Description: | In Salt
Spring Township. Named from Trinity Methodist Church (q.v.) nearby. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Turner School [1 of 2] |
| Description: | In Salt River Township. Named for a landowner of the district. (W.S.
Turner) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Turner School [2 of 2] |
| Description: | In Salt Spring Township. Named for a landowner of the district. (Mrs. F.M.
Stamper) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Turner's Fork |
| Description: | A
branch of Silver Creek in Silver Creek Township. Named for a pioneer settler there. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Turner's Prairie Church |
| Description: | See Dover Baptist Church |
| Source: | Leech,
Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1933. |
| Place name: | Twelve Corners Church |
| Description: | See Providence Methodist Church |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Twin Churches |
| Description: | In
Salt Spring Township. The Salem Baptist and Providence Christian Churches are thus referred to because they are only a few
hundred yards apart. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six
East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Union Baptist Church |
| Description: | In Salt River Township, northeast of Cairo. An ideal name. (MISSOURI BAPTIST BULLETIN,
252; E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Union Chapel Christian Church |
| Description: | In Chariton Township. Organized in 1897. See above. The building is used by two other
denominations, Presbyterian and Holiness. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther.
"Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Union Township |
| Description: | Near
the central part of the east border. Named for the same reason as Union Township, Monroe County (q.v.). |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Uptonsville |
| Description: | See
Mountairy |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Urbandale |
| Description: | An
incorporated village in Sugar Creek Township, south of Moberly, unique in that all the officials are women. The name is a coined
one. (E.M. Richmond, Mrs. F.M. Stamper) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six
East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Van Buren |
| Description: | See
Roanoke |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Vaughn School |
| Description: | In
Silver Creek Township. Named for a landowner, on whose farm the school was located. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Vernon School |
| Description: | In
Prairie Township. Named from Mt. Vernon Baptist Church (q.v.). (T.R. Morris) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Walnut Creek |
| Description: | Rises
in Jackson Township, emptying into East Fork of Chariton River. Named from the abundant walnut timber along its banks. (HIST.
RANDOLPH, 147; E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East
Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Walnut Grove School |
| Description: | In Salt Spring Township. Named from its location. (W.T. Nise) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Waters School |
| Description: | In Salt
River Township. Named for a family of the district. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech,
Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1933. |
| Place name: | West Point School |
| Description: | In
Prairie Township. Nothing could be learned as to the origin of the name. |
| Source: | Leech,
Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1933. |
| Place name: | White School |
| Description: | In
Sugar Creek Township. Named for a settler on whose land it was located. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Wilcox |
| Description: | See
Harkes |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Wild Cat Branch |
| Description: | Heads in Prairie Township, Randolph County, joining Judah Creek in northwestern Saling
Township, Audrain County. Named for the animal. (William Vivion) |
| Source: | Leech,
Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1933. |
| Place name: | Wright School |
| Description: | In Salt
Spring Township. Named for Willard Wright, pioneer of the district. (E.M. Richmond) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Yates |
| Description: | A village in
Silver Creek Township. Named for George Yates, a pioneer settler, who gave the right of way and the site for the station to the
C. and A. Railroad. Before the station was built it was known as Yatesville, the name being changed because there was a
station by the same name in Illinois. (R.R. Quinn, T.J. Terrill) |
| Source: | Leech, Esther.
"Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
| Place name: | Yatesville |
| Description: | See
Yates |
| Source: | Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933. |
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