A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets
Past and Present
of Barton County, Missouri

Compiled by Arthur Paul Moser

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Bibliography and Acknowledgements

In compiling this Directory of Towns, Villages and Hamlets, Past and Present, of Barton County, Missouri, every effort has been made to include every known community.

I wish to thank the staff in the Reference Department of the Springfield-Greene County Library, who, very graciously made certain rare books available for examination.

Also, I wish to thank Mrs. Hazel Yates, of Greenfield, Mo., who, very kindly gave me a list of communities which was compiled by Mr. George Leaker. Mr. Leaker recently died.

Material examined includes the following:

• State of Missouri, Hist. of Barton County, 1889, Goodspeed.
• Campbell's Gazetteer of Missouri, 1874.
• New Atlas of Missouri, 1874, Campbell.
• The State of Missouri, in 1904, Walter Williams.
• Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, 1901, Conard.
• A Thesis, Place Names in Southwest Missouri, Robert Lee Myers, 1930, Referred to as Place Names.
• Several maps as indicated.

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