Springfield-Greene
County LibraryCompiled by Arthur Paul Moser
Scotland County
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Arbela elevation 665 feet
Arbela, eight miles east of Memphis, contained four stores, a hotel, a harness shop, a steam-mill, school-house and church. (--Campbell's Gazetteer of Mo., 1874, 593.)
It is situated on Sec. 4, Twp. 65 N, R. 10 W at the junction of H & 136, east of Memphis. (--General Highway Map of Scotland Co., issued by The Missouri State Highway Department, 4-1-66. Unless otherwise noted, all map locations are from this map.)
Azen
Azen is located in the northeast section of the county near Iowa State line. (--The State of Mo., in 1904, Williams, 513.)
The post-office was discontinued in 1905. (--General Scheme of Mo., 1905, Taft, 104.)
It is situated on Sec. 6, Twp. 66 N, R. 10 W on H west of Clark County.
Mail is via Arbela (rural) no population. (--Standard Ref. Guide of Mo., 1974, Rand McNally.)
Bible Grove
Bible Grove, situated in Sec. 12, Twp. 64 N, R. 13 W, being in Mount Pleasant Township, was established soon after the county began, and was named as a post-office. The first store at Bible Grove was kept by James L. Lancaster ... In 1887 the village consisted of two stores, kept respectively by William Breechlows and Thomas Barker. There was also a blacksmith shop and the Christian Church building. (--Hist. of Scotland Co., 1887, 490.)
It was a post-office 13 miles southwest of Memphis. (--Campbell, 593.)
It is situated on Sec. 12, Twp. 64 N, R. 13 W on T east of Adair County line.
Mail is via Baring; population 40. (--Rand McNally, 1974.)
Brock
Brock is located in the north central portion of the county, and was on R. F. D. from Hitt. (--Williams, 513.)
The post-office was discontinued in 1905. (--Taft, 104.)
It is situated on Sec. 5,6, Twp. 66 N. R. 11 W at the junction of 15, C. & H.
Mail is via Memphis (rural) no population. (--Rand McNally, 1974.)
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Crawford Station now Crawford
The post-office was discontinued in 1905. (--Taft, 104.)
It is situated on Sections 5, 6, Township 65 north, Range 12 west on B north of 136.
Mail is via Memphis (rural); no population. (--Rand McNally, 1974.)
See Fabius. (--Scotland Co., 413.)
Edinburg
Edinburg was situated in the southeastern part of Mount Pleasant Township and was established in 1836, by Estridge and Holiday, "two old bachelors," who came from Shelby County, Missouri, and opened a grocery store there that year, their principal business consisting of the sale of spirits, as claimed by some old settlers ...
Edinburg was named by S. W. B. Carnegy, a Scotchman, who named it after the metropolis of his native country. The name of the county was also suggested by the same gentleman. The business of Edinburg ceased many years ago (as of 1887), and there was nothing there in 1887, only a church and school-house. (--Scotland Co., 489.)
Although there is no Edinburg in Scotland County, there is a town by that name in Grundy County. (--Rand McNally, 1974.)
Energy
Energy is located in the western edge of the county, near Schuyler County line. (--Williams, 513.)
The post-office was discontinued in 1905. (--Taft, 104.)
Mail is via Downing (rural); no population. (--Rand McNally, 1974.)
Etna
Etna, which was situated on parts of Sections 23 and 26, in Township 65 north, Range 10 west, was laid out and surveyed into lots, numbering thirty-three in all, by Andrew Hunt, in April, 1836. In 1857 the place contained a store, kept by a Mr. Hunt, hotel, kept by his brother; another store, kept by Stevenson & Leach, and a school house. In 1887, it contained one general store, kept by W. J. Keller; one hotel kept by Joel H. Keller, and the German Methodist Episcopal Church. The public school was taught in the first story of the Masonic Building. (--Scotland Co., 490, 491.)
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Fabius or Crawford Station
This place, on the K. & W. Railway, five miles west of Memphis, was laid out by Robert Smiley on the 8th of April, 1876. In 1887 it contained the railway depot, post-office, three stores, a blacksmith shop and a saw and corn-mill.
Gorin census name South Gorin
Gorin, on the line of the Santa Fe Railroad, in Section 9 Township 64 north, Range 10 west, was established in the spring of 1887. Bakert & Webber opened the first stock of goods in March, 1887 ... Tim Boyer opened a boarding house in March and a post-office was established in June, same year. W. G. Miller was postmaster. (--Scotland Co., 490.)
It is an incorporated town on the A. T. & S. F. R. R. It is nicely situated on the North Fabius, and had a good graded public school, three churches, a bank, a newspaper, the "Argus," a hotel, handle factory, and about 20 other business places, including stores and small shops. Population, 1899 (estimated) 1,100. (--Conard, Vol. III, 71.)
It is situated on Secs. 8, 9, 16, 17, in Twp. 64 N, R. 10 W at the junction of N & U near Knox and Clark County line.
Granger elevation 700 feet.
Granger is situated on the Keokuk & Western Railroad about one and a half miles west from the eastern line of the county. It was surveyed and laid out in September, 1894, by Henry Hill, the proprietor ... The town is located in the center of Section 2, Township 65 north, Range 10 west. The first business house in Granger was built in 1874 by F. J. Miller. It was a two-story building, 22X40 feet in size ... In this house Mr. Miller opened the first store in the town, in November, of that year, and embarked as a general merchant and lumber dealer ... In 1887, the town contained two general stores, by Messrs. Mathick & Wilsey, and F. J. Miller, one grocery, by L. Lewis; one drug store, by J. L. Davis; a drug and grocery store, by Dr. R. E. Glover; a harness shop by Rush & Hunnewell; a wagon and blacksmith shop, by Whale, a hardware, lumber and furniture store, by Thompson Bros., & Co. (--Scotland Co., 491.)
It is eleven miles east of Memphis. It had two churches, Methodist Episcopal and Christian, a bank, a hotel and a few stores. Population, 1899 (estimated) 290. (--Conard, Vol. III, 86.)
It is situated on a spur of 136 north of 136, west of Clark County.
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Greasy
See Middle Fabius. (--Campbell, 593.)
Hitt Post Office
Silas Billups, from Ohio, settled at Hitt Post Office in 1840 ... In 1841 G. W. Conway settled at Hitt Post Office. (--Scotland Co., 421.)
It was situated on Sec. 33, Twp. 67 N, R. 11 W in Union Township. (--New Atlas, Map 13.)
Jordan
Jordan was a post-office fifteen miles northeast of Memphis. (--Campbell, 593.)
It was situated on Sec. 25, Twp. 67 N, R. 10 W in Johnson Township. (--New Atlas, Map 13.)
Jordan is no longer listed in Scotland Co.; there is a Jordan in Hickory County. (--Rand McNally, 1974.)
Killwinning
This place was in the northwestern portion of the county, near Schuyler Co. line. (--Williams, 513.)
The post-office was discontinued in 1905. (--Taft, 104.)
It was situated on Sec. 15, Twp. 66 N, R. 13 W on C east of Schuyler County line.
Laura
See Uniontown.
Lawnridge
Lawnridge was in the northeastern portion of the county on R. F. D. north from Arbela. (--Williams, 513.)
The post-office was discontinued in 1905. (--Taft, 104.)
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Memphis
Obadiah Dickinson, John Lear and Matthew Given, commissioners appointed to select the site for the permanent seat of justice, met at the town of Sand Hill, on the 10th day of May, 1843, and after taking an oath to faithfully perform their duties ... (and) after mature deliberation they selected the site for the first permanent seat of justice, at a "town called Memphis" which is about one mile northwest from such geographical center ...
The first known house erected within the present limits of Memphis was a log cabin, in the fall of 1835, by Burton Tompkins, and the next was also a log cabin. It was erected in 1836 ... Another cabin was erected soon after, by Harrison Parks. This, however, was a long time before Memphis was chosen for the county seat and surveyed and platted as a town.
The first brick building in the town was the court house.
About the year 1846 Metz & Gorin established the first wool carding machine ... The first grist mill was put up by J. & T. Walker, about the year 1881; it was a small frame. (--Scotland Co., 441, 494, 497.)
On May 15, 1843, the county seat commissioners, Obadiah Dickerson, John Lear and Matthew Given, met at Sand Hill, and located the county seat upon fifty acres of land donated to the county for county seat purposes by Samuel Cecil. This was laid out in town lots, and on October 11, 1843, a plat of the original town of Memphis was filed with the county court. The name was taken from a post-office which a few years before had been opened on the North Fabius. (--Conard, Vol. V. 535; see, also, Campbell, 593.)
It is situated on Secs. 6, 7, Twp. 65 N, R. 11 W at the junction of MM, 15, & 136.
Middle Fabius (Greasy)
This place was a post-office nine miles west of Memphis. (--Campbell, 593.)
It was situated on Sec. 12, Twp. 65 N, R. 13 W in Jefferson Township. (--New Atlas of Mo., Map 13.)
Phillupsville (sic)
It was in Sec. 3, Twp. 66 N, R. 12 W in Miller Township. (--New Atlas, Map 13.)
Pleasant Retreat
Pleasant Retreat consisted of a post-office and one general store, the latter kept by William Wills, and was situated in Mount Pleasant Township, about eight miles south of Memphis. The post-office was established there in 1849, and Judge Collins was the postmaster continuously for thirty-four years. (--Scotland Co., 489, 490.)
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Pleasant Retreat (Cont)
It was situated in Sec. 8, Twp. 64 N, R. 12 W, in Mount Pleasant Township. (--New Atlas, Map 13.)
Prospect Grove
Prospect Grove was a post-office ten miles northeast of Memphis.
It was situated in Sec. 15, Twp. 66 N, R. 10 W, in Johnson Township on N west of Clark County. (--New Atlas, Map 13; Gen. Highway Map of Scotland Co.)
The post-office was discontinued in 1905. (--Taft, 104.)
Prospect Grove is no longer listed in Scotland Co. There is a Prospect in Jackson Co. (Kansas City); a Prospect (Sussanah) in Webster Co., and a Prospect Hill in St. Louis Co. (--Rand McNally, 1974.)
Rainbow
Rainbow was on the North Fabius, near the southern line of the county, and was established in 1880. It contained a general store, by Oscar Cope, and a drug store by Edward Fordny. It also contained a saw-mill and a blacksmith shop. A post-office was established there in the spring of 1881. Among the first postmasters were Marvin Spurgeon, S. H. Phillips, and D. Hunstead. Dr. William Noblett was the village physician. (--Scotland Co., 490.)
Rainbow: "The name Rainbow it is thought, may have been suggested by Raine, the name of a family living there." (--Ramsay File, courtesy of The State Historical Society of Missouri, A. Louise Staman, Reference Specialist.)
Ritter
Ritter was a post-office five miles northeast of Memphis. (--Campbell, 593.)
It was situated in Sec. 25, Twp. 66 N, R. 11 W in Union Township. (--New Atlas, Map 13.)
There was a Ritter in Greene County. (--J. L. O'Quinn, R. F. D. 20, Springfield, Mo.)
Ruskin
Ruskin was in the southern portion of the county near Knox Co. line, on R. F. D. from Sand Hill. (--Williams, 513.)
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Rutledge elevation 790 feet
Rutledge is in the southeastern corner of the county near Knox County line. (--Williams, 513.)
It is an incorporated village, fifteen miles south of Memphis. It is on the A. T. & S. F. Railroad, and was laid out upon the building of the railroad. It had a graded school, three churches, one bank, large roller flour-mill, two hotels, and about thirty-five other business places. Population, 1899. (estimated) 700. (--Conard, Vol. V, 417.)
It is situated in Sec. 35, Twp. 64 N, R. 11 W at the junction of M & A.
Rutledge was the first county seat of McDonald County. (--Hist. of McDonald Co., 1894, Goodspeed, 802.)
Sand Hill
Sand Hill, situated in the southern part of Scotland County, about twelve miles from Memphis, was the first village established therein, and James L. Jones, who was afterward the first sheriff of the county, opened the first store there about the year 1835. It was the headquarters of what was known as the Cooper settlement, and being chosen as the place for the seat of justice of Scotland County, while it embraced the territory of what is now Knox County. It drew a considerable amount of business, which it continued to hold for a number of years. After the seat of justice was removed therefrom it ceased to grow, and has ever since been only a post village with very few places of business ...
In 1887 the village contained two general stores, kept respectively by the firms of Wiley & Westcott and Rule & Smith, one drug and grocery store by Chaney Brothers, one M. E. Church, one hotel, kept by Daniel Chaney, and one physician, Dr. Mason. (--Scotland Co., 488, 489.)
Sand Hill, 14 miles south southeast of Memphis, is the oldest place in the county. It contained two stores, a school-house and hotel. (--Campbell, 593.)
It is situated in Sec. 33, Twp. 64 N, R. 11 W, west of Rutledge.
Mail is via Rutledge (rural); no population. (--Rand McNally, 1974.)
South Upton
South Upton, containing ten blocks of different sizes, was surveyed and laid out on part of Lot 1, of the southwest fractional quarter of Section 20, Township 61 north, Range 10 west on the 22s of November, 1855, by William T. Pharis. The original town of Upton lies on the Iowa side. In 1887 there was nothing on the Missouri side except a school-house. (--Scotland Co., 493.)
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Uniontown Laura
This place was situated in Sec. 15, Twp. 66 N, R. 13 W in Miller Township. (--New Atlas, Map. 13.)
Uniontown is no longer listed in Scotland County. There is a Uniontown in Perry County. (--Rand McNally, 1974.)
Uniontown was situated on Section 15, Township 66 north, Range 13 west, being in Miller Township and was surveyed and laid out on the 7th day of March, 1857 ... In 1860 the village consisted of the saw and grist-mill of Saunders & Brice, two general stores, one grocery, two blacksmith shops, one wagon shop, one tailor shop, and a doctor ... In 1887 the town consisted of a post-office, general store and blacksmith shop, and the Methodist Episcopal Church. (--Scotland Co., 492.)
This area is near Kilwinning.
Unity
Unity was situated on Sec. 32, Twp. 65 N, R. 12 W in Jefferson Township. (--New Atlas of Mo., Map 13.)
The post-office was discontinued in 1905. (--Taft, 104.)
Unity is no longer listed in Scotland Co.; there is a Unity Temple in Washington Co., and a Unity Village in Jackson Co. (--Rand McNally, 1974.)
Wyaconda
Wyaconda was a post-office nine miles north northeast of Memphis. (--Campbell, 593.)
It was situated in Sec. 2, Twp. 66 N, R. 11 W, in Union Township. (--New Atlas of Mo., Map 13.)
Wyaconda is no longer listed in Scotland Co.; there is a Wyaconda in Clark Co. (--Rand McNally, 1974.)