Compiled by Arthur Paul Moser
In compiling this Directory of Towns, Villages and Hamlets, Past and Present, of Osage County, Mo., every effort has been made to include every known community.
I wish to thank the staff in the Research Department, of the Springfield Public Library, for making certain rare books available for research.
Material examined includes the following:
State of Missouri, History of Osage County, 1889, Goodspeed.
Campbell's Gazetteer of Missouri, 1874.
New Atlas of Missouri, Campbell, 1874.
The State of Missouri, in 1904, Walter Williams.
Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, 1901, Conrad.
Several maps as indicated.