Jasper County Place Names, 1928-1945
Place name: | Adams Mill |
Description: | Adams
Mill was a pioneer mill named for its builder. (Walter Colley; Cyrus Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Alba |
Description: | In 1882 Alba, a
Quaker settlement four miles northeast of Oronogo, took its name from its first postmaster. (Eaton 28, p. 178; Livingston 22, p.
221) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Alba School |
Description: | A
transferred name from a town or township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names
In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Arthur School |
Description: | A local
family name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Asbury |
Description: | Asbury was
laid out in 1896 and was advertised by the Kansas City, Pittsburg, and Gulf Railroad. As there are many Asburys in this vicinity, it
was very likely named for a family there. (Cyrus Crane; Livingston (22), p. 221) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Asbury School |
Description: | A
local family name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Avilla |
Description: | Avilla was laid
out in 1858 by D. S. Holman and A.L. Love and was named for Avilla, Indiana. (Eaton (28), p. 178; Cyrus Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Avilla School |
Description: | A
transferred name from a town township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In
The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Banner School |
Description: | An
ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Bellville (later Zincite, q.v.) |
Description: | Bellville is the name of a store and mining camp in the southwest part of the county and
was named for a mining superintendent. The town got a post office under the name of Zincite. (Livingston (22), p. 221, 315-6;
Walter Colley) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Ben's Branch |
Description: | Ben's
Branch separates Webb City and Carterville. The origin of the name is not known. (Walter Colley; Bert Webb) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Berean School |
Description: | A
local family name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Blackberry Creek |
Description: | Blackberry Creek was so named because of the abundance of blackberries growing along
its course. (Cyrus Crane; Bert Webb) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In
The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Blackberry School |
Description: | Named for its location. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Blake School |
Description: | A local
family name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Blend City (later Blendville, q.v.) |
Description: | Blend City was named for the blending of the ores found on the Cox land at the southwest
edge of Joplin in 1876. (Cyrus Crane; Walter Colley) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee.
"Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Blendville (earlier Blend City, q.v.) |
Description: | Blendville was the name given by the citizens to Blend City, July 1, 1890. No reason for the
change is known, but it was named for its predecessor. It was annexed to Joplin, 1892. (Livingston (22), p. 221, 373; Cyrus
Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Bloomingdale School |
Description: | Named for its location. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Blytheville |
Description: | In 1838
Judge John C. Cox settled on Turkey Creek and built a store and placed in it a post office conducted gratis, January 17, 1841. He
named the store and office Blytheville in honor of Billy Blythe, a wealthy and friendly Cherokee Indian noted for his integrity. The
office was maintained except during the Civil War until 1872. (Livingston (22), p. 142) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Bois d'Arc School |
Description: | A
transferred name from a town or township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names
In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Brick School |
Description: | Named
for its location. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Buck's Creek |
Description: | Named
for a pioneer family. (Cyrus Crane; Bert Webb) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place
Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Burton School |
Description: | A local
family name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Carl Junction |
Description: | Carl
Junction, founded by Charles Carl at the crossing of the Frisco and the Joplin and Girard Railroad, was named for him. (Livingston
(22), p. 221; Walter Colley) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The
Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Carl Junction School |
Description: | A transferred name from a town or township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Carterville |
Description: | Carterville
was laid out on September 9, 1875, by W.A. Daugherty, William McMillen, and J.L. Carter, local landowners. It was named for
Carter. (Livingston (22), p. 219; Eaton (28), p. 178) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place
Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Carthage |
Description: | By an order
of the county court on March 29, 1842, Carthage was named for the ancient city of Carthage in northern Africa. (Eaton (28), p.
178; McGregor (18), p. 46) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The
Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Carytown |
Description: | Carytown,
which for a few years had a store, elevator, and station on the Missouri Pacific, was named for the Cary family, local
landowners. (Walter Colley; Cyrus Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names
In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Carytown School |
Description: | A
transferred name from a town or township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names
In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Cave Spring |
Description: | Cave
Spring is the name of the spring where Reverend Bewler established the first permanent Methodist Church in Jasper County. It
was named for a spring flowing out of a cave. (Livingston (22), p. 30) |
Source: | Meyers,
Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Cave Spring Church |
Description: | The first permanent Methodist Church in the county, was established by Reverend Anthony
Bewler, a staunch abolitionist, who named the church for the neighboring spring. (Livingston (22), p. 30) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Cave Spring School |
Description: | A transferred name from a stream. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Cedar Bluff School |
Description: | Named for its location. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Centennial School |
Description: | An
ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Center Creek [1 of 2] |
Description: | Center Creek, the stream on which Thackeray Vivion built his cabin and mills, was so
named because it was near the center of old Barry County. (Livingston (22), p. 7) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Center Creek [2 of 2] (First Leadville Hollow; (q.v.); then Center Creek,
(q.v.); later Minersville (q.v.); finally Oronogo, (q.v.) |
Description: | Center Creek (village)
was the name applied to the site of Minersville because it was near the Center Creek. (Walter Colley; Cyrus
Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Center Point School |
Description: | Named for its location. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Center School |
Description: | Named
for its location. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Centerville (later Sarcoxie, q.v.) |
Description: | In 1831 Thackeray Vivion built a very small cabin, a mill, and a sawmill near the spring on
Center Creek. After several families arrived he asked for a post office in 1833 under the name of Centerville in honor of the creek.
As there was another Centerville in the state the name was soon changed to Sarcoxie. (Livingston (22), p. 29) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Central City School |
Description: | Named for its location. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Chambersville (later Dudenville, q.v.) |
Description: | Chambersville was established about the close of the Civil War and was named for the
man who owned the farm and store. (Walter Colley; Cyrus Crane) |
Source: | Meyers,
Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Charter Oak School |
Description: | A miscellaneous name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Chitwood |
Description: | Chitwood,
a little business center in the mines lately added to Joplin, was named for the family who owned the store. (Walter Colley; Cyrus
Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Coon Foot School |
Description: | A
nickname. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Damfino |
Description: | Damfino
was an old trading-point six miles south of Carthage. Doubtless the name originated as a bit of pioneer humor. Some joker said
rapidly the words suggested by the name, and his neighbors took it up as a name for the place. (Cyrus Crane; Bert
Webb) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Deer Creek School |
Description: | A
transferred name from a stream. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The
Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Dewey School |
Description: | Named for a famous man. |
Source: | Meyers,
Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Diamond |
Description: | In 1868
Franklin Side laid out Diamond in the northern part of Diamond Grove (q.v). and named it for the grove. (Livingston (22), p. 75;
Cyrus Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Diamond Grove |
Description: | Diamond Grove is a grove named by the pioneers because of its shape. (Cyrus Crane; Bert
Webb) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Dubuque Township |
Description: | Dubuque Township was named by the court in May, 1873, for Dubuque, Iowa, because
some of the citizens came from the neighborhood of the Iowa city of that name. (Livinston (22), p. 169; Cyrus
Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Dudenville (earlier Chambersville, q.v.) |
Description: | When the store and land owned by Chambers passed into the hands of a member of the
Duden family about 1895 the name was changed by the people to Dudenville. (Captain Lewis Renfro; Bert Webb) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Duenweg |
Description: | J.W.
Ground and Tom Irwin, who built the first business houses at this mining camp, had a lease on some land and sold out to a Mr.
Duenweg, a promoter from Pennsylvania. The town was named for Duenweg. (Walter Colley; Cyrus Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Duenweg School |
Description: | A
transferred name from a town or township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names
In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Duncan's Mill |
Description: | Duncan's Mill was a pioneer mill named for its owner. (Walter Colley; Cyrus
Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Duquesne School |
Description: | A
miscellaneous name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Duval |
Description: | The Duval
trading-point was named for its owner. (Bert Webb) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee.
"Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Duval Township |
Description: | Duval Township was named for the trading-point. (Bert Webb) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | East Joplin (later Joplin, q.v.) |
Description: | East Joplin was the name given to that part of the present city of Joplin which lies on the
eastern side of Joplin Creek. (Walter Colley; Cyrus Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee.
"Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Elm Creek |
Description: | Elm Creek,
which flows into Spring River, was named for the elm trees along its course. (Walter Colley; Bert Webb) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Elmira School |
Description: | A local
family name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Empire School |
Description: | An
ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Enterprise School |
Description: | An
ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Erie School |
Description: | A
transferred name from a town or township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names
In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Excelsior School |
Description: | An
ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Fidelity (also Skeeterville, q.v.; later Lehigh, q.v.) |
Description: | Fidelity was laid out and named in 1856 by William Cloe, the owner of the store there. His
reasons for choosing the abstract name are not known. (Livingston (22), p. 75) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Fidelity School |
Description: | An
ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Forest Mill School |
Description: | Named for its location. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Forest School |
Description: | Named
for its location. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Galena Township |
Description: | Galena Township was so named because of the great amount of galena mined in that
community. (Walter Colley; Cyrus Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In
The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Galesburg |
Description: | Galesburg
was platted in 1869 by John R. Cabannis on the site of the old Talbott Mill (q.v.) which was burned in 1861. The name was
probably from one of the Galesburgs in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, or Michigan. (Bert Webb) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Galesburg School |
Description: | A
transferred name from a town or township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names
In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Garden Dell School |
Description: | An ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee.
"Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Gem School |
Description: | An ideal
name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Georgia City |
Description: | Georgia
City was laid out by John C. Guinn, January 18, 1868. Guinn, who owned 17,000 acres of land here, named the place for his
native state of Georgia. (Livingston (22), p. 75; Walter Colley) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Gooseberry Creek |
Description: | Gooseberry Creek, which flows into Spring River, was named for the abundance of wild
gooseberries along its course. (Cyrus Crane; Bert Webb) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee.
"Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Green Grove School |
Description: | Named for its location. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Hell's Neck (later Neck City, q.v.) |
Description: | Hell's Neck was the name of a mining camp in the bend of Spring River. It was so called
because of its position and because of the rowdy element. (Livingston (22), p. 337) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Henry School |
Description: | A local
family name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | High Hill School |
Description: | Named for its location. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Independence School |
Description: | An ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee.
"Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Jackson Township |
Description: | Jackson Township was named for Andrew Jackson. (Walter Colley) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Jasper (earlier Midway q.v.) |
Description: | Jasper, a village on the northern line of the county, got its name from the county. (Bert
Webb) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Jasper County |
Description: | Jasper County, organized January 29, 1841, by an act of the State Legislature, was named
for Sergeant William Jasper (1750-1779), who replaced the fallen flag on Fort Moultrie, June 28, 1776, and who lost his life while
trying to replace the colors on Spring Hill redoubt, near Savannah, Georgia, on October 7, 1779. (Session Acts 1840-1841; Eaton
(28), p. 178) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Jasper School |
Description: | A
transferred name from a town or township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names
In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Jasper Township |
Description: | Jasper Township was named from the county. (Cyrus Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Jenkins |
Description: | Jenkins, a
trading-point, was named for a local family. (Cyrus Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Jones Creek |
Description: | Jones
Creek was named for a family living along its course. (H.M. Richey; John F. Shannon) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Joplin (see East Joplin, West Joplin, Murphysburgh, and Union
City) |
Description: | Joplin was named for Reverend Harris G. Joplin, a Methodist minister
who established the first Methodist congregation in the county in 1840 at his cabin on the creek which bears his name. By an act
of the Legislature, March 23, 1873, the four communities mentioned above were united under the name of Joplin. (Eaton (28), p.
179; Livingston (22), p. 79) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The
Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Joplin Creek |
Description: | Joplin
Creek was named for the Reverend Harris G. Joplin, who lived near the creek in a cabin in which he established the first (but not
permanent) Methodist Church in Jasper County. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place
Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Joplin Township |
Description: | Joplin Township was named for the town within its limits. (Walter Colley) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | King School |
Description: | A local
family name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Knight |
Description: | Knight is a
trading-point named for the man who established it. (Walter Colley; Bert Webb) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | La Grange School |
Description: | A
miscellaneous name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | La Russell |
Description: | La Russell
is a railroad station which sprang up in 1905 at the coming of the White River line. The source of the name is unknown.
(Livingston (22), p. 442) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | La Russell School |
Description: | A
transferred name from a town or township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names
In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Lakeside School |
Description: | Named for its location. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Leadville Hollow (later Center Creek, q.v.; then Minersville, q.v.; finally
Oronogo, q.v.) |
Description: | The name of the place where lead was discovered and
where Oronogo now stands. It was so named because of the lead found there. (Walter Colley; Cyrus Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Lehigh (earlier Skeetersville, q.v.; and Fidelity, q.v.) |
Description: | Lehigh was established in the 1880s, but after a few years it passed away. It was very
likely named for Lehigh, Pennsylvania, because of its mining interests. (Livingston (22), p. 75) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Liberty School |
Description: | An
ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Lincoln Township |
Description: | Named for Abraham Lincoln. (Cyrus Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Little Blackberry Creek |
Description: | Named for Blackberry Creek into which it flows. (Cyrus Crane; Bert Webb) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Lone Elm |
Description: | A thrifty
suburb of Joplin, was so named because of a lone elm by the wayside. (Lvingston (22), p. 155) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Lone Star School |
Description: | An
ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Lynnland School |
Description: | A
transferred name from a town or township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names
In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Madison Township |
Description: | Madison Township was named for James Madison. (Walter Colley) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Maple Grove |
Description: | Maple
Grove, a village in the northwestern part of the county; was named for the beautiful grove of maples in which it stands. (Walter
Colley; Cyrus Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Marion School |
Description: | A
transferred name from a town or township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names
In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Marion Township |
Description: | Marion Township was named for Francis Marion, the Revolutionary hero. (Walter Colley;
Cyrus Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Mayflower School |
Description: | An ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee.
"Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | McDonald Township |
Description: | McDonald Township was named from a family of early settlers. (Cyrus Crane; Bert
Webb) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Medoc [1 of 2] |
Description: | Medoc, was named for the Modoc tribe of Indians who lived just across the state line in
Indian Territory and often came to this place. The Postal Department spelled the word M-e-d-o-c, probably mistaking the "o" for an
"e." (Cyrus Crane; Livingson (22), p. 75) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In
The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Medoc [2 of 2] |
Description: | This
Medoc was laid out in 1856 by William A. Allison and is a quarter of a mile west of the old Medoc trading-point. The later town
takes its name from the early one. (Walter Colley; Cyrus Crane) |
Source: | Meyers,
Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Medoc School |
Description: | A
transferred name from a town or township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names
In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Melugin |
Description: | Melugin, a
station on the White River Railroad, was named for one of the road officials about 1905. (Walter Colley; Cyrus
Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Midway (later Jasper, q.v.) |
Description: | Midway was the name of a railroad station one mile south of the Midway (q.v.) in Barton
County. It was so named because of the earlier Midway and because it had approximately the same position with reference to
Lamar and Carthage as the earlier town had had. Later the name was changed to Jasper. (Bert Webb; E.L.
Moore) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Mineral School |
Description: | A
transferred name from a town or township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names
In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Mineral Township |
Description: | So
named from the mining industry within its borders. (Walter Colley) |
Source: | Meyers,
Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Minersville (first Leadville Hollow, q.v.; next Center Creek, q.v.; then
Minersville; lastly Oronogo, q.v.) |
Description: | A town was started in Leadville Hollow in
1848 on the present site of Oronogo. It was named for the mines and the miners. When the mail became mixed with that of
Minesville of Christian County, a public meeting was called to change the name, and it became Oronogo. (Livingston (22), p. 37,
39; Walter Colley) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Monitor School |
Description: | An
ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Morning Star School |
Description: | An ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee.
"Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Muddy Creek (also North Fork of Spring River q.v.) |
Description: | Muddy Creek is the same as North Fork of Spring River. It drains a section of flat, mucky
land and is therefore muddy almost all the time. For this reason it was named Muddy Creek in early days. (H.H. Howard; Bert
Webb) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Murphysburgh (later Joplin, q.v.) |
Description: | Murphysburgh, on the western side of Joplin Creek and a part of the present city of Joplin,
was named for Patrick Murphy, a local landowner and businessman, in 1871. (Livingston (22), p. 146, 147) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Neck City (earlier Hell's Neck, q.v.) |
Description: | Neck City is a later name for Hell's Neck. As the town became less rowdy a change in the
name was appropriate and was made. The softer part of the old name was retained and "City" was added. (Walter Colley; Cyrus
Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Neck City School |
Description: | A
transferred name from a town or township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names
In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | New Hope School |
Description: | An
ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | North Fork of Spring River (also Muddy Creek, q.v.) |
Description: | North Fork of Spring River was so named because it is a north tributary of Spring River. It is
also known as Muddy Creek, especially in its upper course. (E.L. Moore; H.H. Howard) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | North Star School |
Description: | Named for its location. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Oakland School |
Description: | Named for its location. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Opolis School |
Description: | A
miscellaneous name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Oregon |
Description: | Oregon, a
trading-point in the 1850s, was named for the Oregon territory so much in the public mind at that time. (Walter Colley; Bert
Webb) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Oronogo (first Leadville Hollow, q.v.; then Center Creek, q.v.; next
Minersville, q.v.; now Oronogo, q.v.) |
Description: | Both local history and tradition
account for the name with the following story: "At a public meeting held to change the name of Minersville, after many names had
been suggested, a man in the back of the room well filled with the spirit of golden grain arose and said, "Boys, by----, it's ore or
no go." Colonel J.M. Young, a linguist, got the idea. By taking the Spanish "oro" for ore and by dropping the "or" the word became
euphonious. He pronounced it Oronogo, and the audience accepted the name." (Livingston (22), p. 79; Walter
Colley) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Oronogo School |
Description: | A
transferred name from a town or township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names
In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Parshley |
Description: | Parshley is
an old trading-point and was named for the owner of the first store. (Walter Colley) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Pear Hill School [1 of 2] |
Description: | Named for its location. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Pearl Hill School [2 of 2] |
Description: | An ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee.
"Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Perseverance School |
Description: | An ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee.
"Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Pine School |
Description: | Named
for its location. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Pleasant Grove School |
Description: | A descriptive name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Pleasant Hill School |
Description: | A
descriptive name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Pleasant Valley School |
Description: | A descriptive name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Pleasant View School |
Description: | A descriptive name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Poole's Prairie |
Description: | Poole's
Prairie was named for a pioneer family. (Bert Webb) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee.
"Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Port Royal Post Office |
Description: | Port Royal was a name transferred from Port Royal, South Carolina, because of the interest
aroused in that city by its capture of Federal forces, November 7, 1861. (Cyrus Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Prairie Dale School |
Description: | Named for its location. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Prairie Hill School |
Description: | A
descriptive name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Prairie Star School |
Description: | An ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee.
"Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Prairie View School |
Description: | A descriptive name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Preston |
Description: | Preston, an
old trading-point, was named for a local landowner. (Bert Webb) |
Source: | Meyers,
Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Preston School |
Description: | A
transferred name from a town or township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names
In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Preston Township |
Description: | Preston Township was named for the village within its boundaries. (Cyrus
Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Prosperity |
Description: | Prosperity
is an old trading-point. It was probably so named because of its prosperous mines. (Cyrus Crane; Walter Colley) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Prosperity School |
Description: | An
ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Purcell |
Description: | Purcell,
founded in 1903, was named for Sheriff James Purcell. (Livingston (22), p. 221, 443) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Purcell School |
Description: | A
transferred name from a town or township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names
In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Radium School |
Description: | A
miscellaneous name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Redwood School |
Description: | A
miscellaneous name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Reeds |
Description: | Reeds, a
village opened up in 1898, is named for a farmer, W.T. Reed, who owned the land where the depot now stands. The "s" is a
remnant of a possessive form used occasionally before the name became fixed. (Livingston (22), p. 338) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Reeds School |
Description: | A
transferred name from a town or township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names
In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Rex City |
Description: | Rex City
was one of the suburbs of Joplin in the mining-boom days. Its founders expected it to become the king of all the camps and
named it with that idea in view, using the Latin word for king. (Walter Colley) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Rising Sun School |
Description: | An
ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Rosebank School |
Description: | Named for its location. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Round Prairie School |
Description: | A descriptive name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Royal Heights School |
Description: | An ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee.
"Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Rural (also Sherwood, q.v.) |
Description: | Rural was a nickname applied to Sherwood, which was just west of the present Webb
City. Very likely its distance from any towns suggested the name to the people. (Cyrus Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Rusk School |
Description: | A local
family name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Sarcoxie (earlier Centerville, q.v.) |
Description: | When a conflict caused Thackeray Vivion to choose a new name for his post office, he
selected Sarcoxie, in honor of a friendly Shawnee Indian chief who lived at the spring for many years and whose name is said to
have meant "rising sun." (Livingston (22), p. 29; McGregor (18), p. 54) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Sarcoxie School |
Description: | A
transferred name from a town or township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names
In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Sarcoxie Township |
Description: | Named for the town within its boundaries. (Walter Colley) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Scotland |
Description: | Scotland, a
small mining district eight miles east of Joplin, was named for the Reverend Benjamin Scott. (Cyrus Crane; Walter
Colley) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Scotland School |
Description: | A
transferred name from a town or township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names
In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Sheridan School |
Description: | Named for a famous man. |
Source: | Meyers,
Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Sheridan Township |
Description: | Named for General Phil Sheridan. (Cyrus Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Sherwood (also Rural, q.v.) |
Description: | Sherwood, which grew up in 1846 around the store of Judge Andrew McKee, just west of
the present Webb City, was a flourishing village before the Civil War. It was named for an early settler there. It was also known
as Rural. (Livingston (22), p. 39; Cyrus Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place
Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Shiloh School |
Description: | A
transferred name from the Bible or a church. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place
Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Silver Creek School |
Description: | A transferred name from a stream. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Skeeterville (Fidelity, q.v.; later Lehigh, q.v.) |
Description: | Skeeterville was a fanciful nickname for Fidelity in its early days. It was probably named by
a local joker because of the mosquitoes there. (Livingston (22), p. 315) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Smithfield |
Description: | Smithfield,
established about 1900, was named for a Smith family. (Walter Colley) |
Source: | Meyers,
Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Smithfield School |
Description: | A
transferred name from a town or township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names
In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Snowflake School |
Description: | An ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee.
"Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Sprin |
Description: | Sprin is a
trading-point, but the source of its name is unknown. (Walter Colley) |
Source: | Meyers,
Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Spring Hill School |
Description: | Named for its location. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Spurgeon's Prairie |
Description: | Named for a pioneer family. (Bert Webb) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Stone School |
Description: | A local
family name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Stony Point School |
Description: | A
descriptive name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Summit School |
Description: | Atransferred name from a town or township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Sunflower School |
Description: | An
ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Talbott Mill |
Description: | Talbott Mill,
which was burned in 1861, was built by a Mr. Talbott and named for him. (Walter Colley; Bert Webb) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Temperance School |
Description: | An ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee.
"Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Tower of Light School |
Description: | An ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee.
"Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Tuckaho |
Description: | Tuckaho
was a mining camp established in the 1870s. It is quite likely that the name came from one of the five other Tuckahos (or
Tuckahoes) in the United States. (Cyrus Crane; Postal Guide) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Turkey Creek |
Description: | Turkey
Creek was so named by the pioneers because of the abundance of wild turkeys in the vicinity. (Walter Colley; Cyrus
Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Twin Groves [1 of 2] |
Description: | Twin Groves is a name given to two very conspicuous small groves in the prairie. Cyrus
Crane; Bert Webb) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Twin Groves [2 of 2] |
Description: | Twin Groves (village) is a trading-point named for the adjacent Twin Groves (q.v.). (Cyrus
Crane; Bert Webb) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Twin Groves School |
Description: | A transferred name from a town or township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Twin Groves Township |
Description: | Named for the town of Twin Groves. (Cyrus Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Underwood School |
Description: | A
local family name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Union City (later Joplin, q.v.) |
Description: | Union City was a name given to the different communities now included in the city of Joplin
in the hope of uniting them under one name (in 1871-1873). (Livingston (22), p. 142) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Union School |
Description: | An
ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Union Township |
Description: | Union Township was named for the idea of its origin from parts of other townships. (Cyrus
Crane; Walter Colley) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Union Valley School |
Description: | An ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee.
"Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Unity School |
Description: | An ideal
name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Valley Dell School |
Description: | Named for its location. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Victory School |
Description: | An
ideal name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | View Bank School |
Description: | Named for its location. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert
Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1930. |
Place name: | Waco |
Description: | Waco is the
name of a village established about 1875. It was probably named for Waco, Texas, because there was a great deal of trade and
travel between this section of Missouri and the central part of Texas in which Waco is an enterprising old town. (Cyrus
Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Waco School |
Description: | Atransferred name from a town or township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Webb City |
Description: | John C.
Webb, a native of Tennessee, entered two hundred acres of land where Webb City now stands. While plowing corn in June,
1873, he plowed up a chunk of lead. In the fall he sank a shaft, but the water closed him out. The next year he put out a crop,
bought machinery to pump out the water, went to work in the old shaft, and in a few days he took out one piece of lead weighing
1000 lbs. In July he platted the town to which his name was given. (Eaton (28), p. 170; McGregor (18), p. 51) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | West Joplin (later Joplin, q.v.) |
Description: | West Joplin, established about 1850 when Judge John C. Cox opened up lead mines near it,
was the name by which people designated that part of the present city that lies on the west side of Joplin Creek. (Livingston
(22), p. 146, 147) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | White Hall School |
Description: | A
local family name. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | White Oak Creek |
Description: | Named by pioneers because of the white oaks along its course. (Cyrus
Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Zincite (earlier Bellville, q.v.) |
Description: | When Bellville got its post office it came under the name of Zincite, suggested by the
mineral in the region. (Walter Colley; Cyrus Crane) |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place
Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
Place name: | Zincite School |
Description: | A
transferred name from a town or township. |
Source: | Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names
In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930. |
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