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

Compiled by Arthur Paul Moser

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Bibliography and Acknowledgements

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In compiling this Directory of Towns, Villages and Hamlets, Past and Present of Ray County, Mo., an effort has been made to include every known community and landmark.

I wish to thank the Staff of the Reference Department of the Springfield Public Library, who very graciously made certain rare books and material available for examination.

And special thanks to the Ray County Historical Society which made available for examination their copyright Hist. of Ray County, 1973. It is referred to as Ray County.

Material examined includes the following:

• Wetmore's Gazetteer of the State of Mo., 1837.
• Campbell's Gazetteer of the State of Mo., 1874.
• Campbell's New Atlas of Missouri, 1874.
• Ency. of the Hist. of Mo., 1901, Conard.
• The State of Missouri in 1904, Walter Williams.
• General Scheme of Missouri, 1905, Still P. Taft, for the use of Railway Mail Clerks.
• Several maps as indicated.

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