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Cities, Towns &  Communities of Carroll County

  • Baker's Landing

  • Bogard (Van Horn Twp - 1884)  Post Office 1884-present

  • Boone's Lick (now Franklin)

  • Bosworth (Ridge Twp 1890) - Post Office 1888-present

  • Braymer

  • Carrollton (Carrollton Twp - 1833) - Post Office 1834-present

  • Coloma (Stokes Mound Twp Section 31 in 1858) - Post Office 1861-1907

  • DeWitt (DeWitt Twp 1837) - platted as Elderport in the "early days"; then called DeWitt; then in 1851 changed to Winsor City;  then changed back to DeWitt.  Post Office 1842-present

  • Dockery

  • Easterville

  • Eugene City - Post Office 1869-1876

  • Hale (Hurricane Twp) - established 1884 by the Chicago,
       Burlington, & Kansas City or Burlington & Southwestern
       RR Company; Post Office 1884-present

  • Hardwick's Mill

  • Hurricane - Post Office 1869-1873

  • Judd on Turkey Creek near the Ray County Line; Post Office 1898-1901

  • Leta (Combs Twp Section 26) - Post Office 1898-1905 & later a store

  • Lima - Post Office 1873-1890

  • Mandeville (Leslie Twp) - Post Office 1854-1903

  • Norborne (Egypt Twp Section 23 in 1868) Post Office 1869-present

  • Pleasant Park (Miami Twp) - also known as Manlius (served as a Post Office 1841-1845, 1853-1861); Post Office 1835-1882

  • Ridge - Post Office 1869-1879

  • Roads/Rhoads/Cross Roads (Fairfield Twp) - Post Office 1883-1907

  • Rockford

  • Snyder

  • Stet (Washington Twp Section 6& 7, Ray County 53-26); Post Office 1890-1973

  • Stokes Mound - Post Office 1869-1887

  • Tina (Stokes Mound Twp 1892) - built on the Chicago,
       Burlington & Kansas City RR; Post Office 1884-present

  • Wakenda (Eugene Twp 1869) - first known as Eugene City; Post Office 1876-2002

  • Waverly

  • White Rock (Miami Twp)

"Lost" Cities of Carroll County

"Lost" means that at some point the city or town existed but it no longer exists.

  • Aalberg (Rockford Twp Section 28)

  • Alderton (Sugar Tree Twp Section 16) - plat filed 1843; no improvements made and site washed into the Missouri River

  • Ameryville - Post Office 1879-1883

  • Asper (Stokes Mound Twp Section 4) - Post Office 1880-1903, Store & Blacksmith Shop;

  • Ault - Post Office 1885-1892

  • Bailyville (Fairfield Twp Section 21) - platted 1856

  • Battsville (Hurricane Twp SE Part) - Post Office 1872-1873, 1877-1888; abandoned when the Chicago, Burlington, & Kansas City RR was built

  • Baum's Mill (Combs Twp Section 15) - Post Office 1857-1868 and 1880; surveyed in 1859 for Town of Millford - never established

  • Beatrice - Post Office 1885-1888

  • Bingham (Trotter Twp Section 8) - Post Office 1894-1901

  • Bloomfield (Eugene Twp Section 7) - laid out in 1818

  • Bogard Mound (Leslie Twp Section 25) - Post Office 1872-1884

  • Bowdry (Carrollton Twp Sections 31 and 33) - Post Office 1899-1905

  • Bower City - Post Office opened 1871, closed 1872

  • Bradley - Post Office 1885-1888

  • Bridge Creek (Hurricane Twp) - Post Office 1870-1884;
    midway between Hale & Tina; abandoned when RR built the Bridge Creek Station about a half-mile north of the town

  • Buckskin Tavern (Leslie Twp Section 7)

  • Calvin - Post Office 1899-1902

  • Carroll City (Wakenda Twp Section 26) - plot filed 1857;
    nothing ever established

  • Chase - Post Office 1880-1885

  • City of Ohio (Cherry Valley Twp Section 20) - platted in 1837

  • Clione (Hurricane Twp Corners of Sections 1 & 12) - Post Office 1881-1884; platted 1882 and lasted only a few years

  • Consolation - Post Office 1856-1858

  • Cotter (Van Horn Twp Sections 4, 5, 8, and 9)

  • Elderport (DeWitt Twp) - (DeWitt Twp 1837) - platted as Elderport in the "early days"; then called DeWitt; then in 1851 changed to Winsor City;  then changed back to DeWitt.

  • Elderton (Sugar Tree Twp)

  • Eppler's Landing

  • Eugene City (Eugene Twp) - became Wakenda

  • Fisher (Hill Twp) - Post Office 1896-1904 & Store; near Coloma

  • Grace (Stokes Mound Twp NE Corner) - a Post Office 1893-1902; town was never platted

  • Hill's Landing - Post Office 1857-1861

  • Ispara - Post Office 1834-1835

  • Jamaica Bend

  • Jake View

  • Latoh (Stokes Mound Twp Section 6) - Post Office 1886-1903 & Store; near Plymouth

  • Little Compton (Hurricane Twp Section 20) -platted 1869; only town in Township for years but died after the RR was built; Post Office 1850-1860, 1862-1864, 1867-1903.

  • Manlius (Miami Twp) - also known as Pleasant Park; Post Office 1841-1845, 1853-1861

  • Miami Station (Miami Twp Section 4) - platted 1869; Post Office 1869-1951

  • Miles Point/"Shangai" (Cherry Valley Twp Section 16) -
    platted in 1855; Post Office 1858-1903

  • Millford (Comb's Twp Section 15 - Baum's Mill) - surveyed 1859 - never established

  • Missouriton - Post Office 1820-1821

  • Moscow (Sugar Tree Twp Section 7)

  • Mound - Post Office 1842-1848, 1857-1858

  • New Winchester (Egypt Twp Section 6 or 7) - Post Office 1860-1862

  • Newport - Post Office 1858-1859

  • Nimrod (Egypt Twp) - Wabash & Santa Fe Railroad Station

  • North Bosworth (Ridge Twp 1888) - never established and became recognized as "a residence district" of Bosworth)

  • Palemon (Moss Creek Twp) - Wabash & Santa Fe RR Station

  • Parker's Grove

  • Pattieville

  • Plymouth (Washington Twp Section 3) - one of oldest
    trading points in the Township; platted 1881; Post Office 1877-1908

  • Quote (Washington Twp corner of Sections 26, 27, 34, and 35) Post Office 1892-1919

  • Reedsburg at Hill's Landing (Wakenda Twp) - a few
    improvements & a store were built but never more

  • Riverside (Eugene Twp Section 4) - Post Office 1895-1899 & Store

  • Round Grove (Moss Creek Twp) - Post Office 1840-1843, 1848-1854, 1856

  • San Francisco (Van Horn Twp Section 7) - platted 1858; Post Office 1858-1861

  • Shootman - small trading point 9 miles NE of Carrollton; Post Office 1870-1888

  • South Branch - Post Office 1863-1864

  • South Carrollton (Wakenda Twp 1868) - dissolved &
    disincorporated in 1903

  • Standish (Carrollton Twp) - Santa Fe RR Station never platted or incorporated; Post Office 1888-1955

  • Stucker - Post Office 1891-1895

  • Sugar Tree Trading Point (Moss Creek Twp, Section 33)

  • Tagert's Mill - Post Office 1858-1861

  • Timmon's Addition

  • Trading Post of Blandeau and Choteau

  • Turner - Post Office 1884-1887

  • Tweedieville - Post Office 1881-1884

  • Van Horn - Post Office 1869-1887

  • W. B. Junction

  • Waconda Creek - Post Office 1833-1835

  • Winsor City (DeWitt Twp 1837) - platted as Elderport in the "early days"; then called DeWitt; then in 1851 changed to Winsor City;  then changed back to DeWitt.

  • Yellow Rock

Ferry Crossings

  • Compton Ferry
  • Edmonston Ferry
  • Edwards Ferry, (OR are Edmonston & Edwards Ferry one in the same?)
  • Frocks Ferry
  • Moberly's Landing on Missouri River 10 miles SE of Carrollton
  • Townsend Ferry (Trading Post of Blandeau and Choteau)

Summits, Hollows, Islands, and Guts

  • Bunch Hollow (Hollow) - Coloma Area; Latitude 39.60, Longitude 93.62.  Source:  HomeTownLocator.com

  • Dirt Slough (Guts) - Carrollton West Area; Latitude 39.25, Longitude 93.60.  Source:  HomeTownLocator.com

  • Long Tater Hill (Summit) - Coloma Area; Latitude 39.54, Longitude 93.54.  Source:  HomeTownLocator.com

  • Low Gap (Gap) - Plymouth Area; Latitude 39.55, Longitude 93.70.  Source:  HomeTownLocator.com

  • Low Gap Plymouth (Hollow) - Plymouth Area; Latitude 39.59, Longitude 93.68.  Source:  HomeTownLocator.com

  • Mound Bogard (Summit) - Bogard Area; Latitude 39.47, Longitude 93.54.  Source:  HomeTownLocator.com 

  • Rabbit Island (Island) - Waverly Area; Latitude 39.22, Longitude 93.52.  Source:  HomeTownLocator.com

  • Round Tater Hill (Summit) - Coloma Area; Latitude 39.54, Longitude 93.53.  Source:  HomeTownLocator.com

  • Shields Hill (Summit) - Carrollton East Area; Latitude 39.34, Longitude 93.42.  Source:  HomeTownLocator.com

  • Stokes Mound (Summit) - Tina Area; Latitude 39.59, Longitude 93.48.  Source:  HomeTownLocator.com

Railroad Companies

  • Chicago, Burlington, & Kansas City
  • Burlington & Southwestern
  • St. Louis/Kansas City Northern Railroad
  • Missouri Valley/Wabash Railroad
  • The Pacific Railroad

Railroad Stations

  • Bogard
  • Carrollton Junction; picture of depot; picture of Santa Fe RR Tower
  • Hale
  • Nimrod (Egypt Twp) - Wabash & Santa Fe RR
  • Palemon Station (Moss Creek Twp) - Wabash & Santa Fe RR
  • Standish (Carrollton Twp) - Santa Fe RR
  • Tina (Chicago, Burlington & Kansas City)
  • Wakanda Station (near Eugene City)

Carroll County, Missouri -Extant Missouri Railroad/Railway Structures; List maintained by The Railroad Station Historical Society, Inc.



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Last Updated 1/11/2009