Bollinger County, Missouri

Overview

• Population: 12,029 (Change since 1990: +13.3%)
• Created: March 1, 1851
• County seat: Marble Hill
• Largest town: Marble Hill (Pop. 1,502)
• Name origin: Col. George Frederick Bollinger

Populated Places

• Alliance (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Bristol
  • Alternate name: Jugtown
  • Located on CR 214 north of Patton about a mile off MO 51
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°33'44" N, 89°59'48" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 12
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Meadow Heights R-2
  • USGS Quad: Sedgewickville
  • Post office: Nov. 13, 1889-Dec. 31, 1953
  • Maps: 1869 (Bristol) and 1895 McNally
  • Source: Bollinger 1976 (Chapter 10)
• Arab (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the intersection of MO 51, Route C, and Route P
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°05'37" N, 90°04'36" W
  • Survey: T. 28 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 17
  • Elevation: 362
  • Civil township: Wayne
  • School district: Zalma R-5
  • USGS Quad: Sturdivant
  • Map: 1920 Clason (Shows Arab within Wayne County)
  • Source: Bollinger 1976 (Chapter 40)
• Bessville (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the end of Route OO northwest of Glenallen
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°22'17" N, 90°05'20" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 7
  • Elevation: 595
  • Civil township: Crooked Creek
  • School district: Woodland R-4
  • USGS Quad: Glenallen
  • Station on Belmont Branch railroad
  • Named for the Bess family, including Sam Bess, first store owner, and Levi Bess, first postmaster
  • Post office: July 25, 1856 - Mar. 21, 1864; Apr. 6, 1871 - Apr. 30, 1955
  • Maps: 1866 and 1872 (Bessville shown at crossroads)
  • Source: Bollinger 1976 (Chapter 19)
• Bollinger Mill (Historical)
  • The mill was purchased by John Hermann Dolle in 1853 and operated by the Dolle family until 1936, when it was sold to Terry Bollinger.
  • Previously known as: Dolles Mill
  • Located just off Route EE northwest of Sedgewickville on Whitewater River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°32'41" N, 89°57'03" W
  • Civil township: Whitewater
  • USGS Quad: Sedgewickville (Labeled as Bollingers Mill)
  • Named for Mathias Bollinger, brother of George F. Bollinger, who established the mill here ca. 1815
  • Maps: 1880 (Dolles Mill), 1886 (Dolles Mill), and 1889 Polk (Dolles Mills)
• Buchanan (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route Y south of MO 51 near Castor River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°12'40" N, 90°11'32" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 5
  • Elevation: 450
  • Civil township: Filmore
  • School district: Zalma R-5
  • USGS Quad: Gipsy
  • Named for US President James Buchanan, the first person that postmaster Washington A. McMinn voted for.
  • Post office: Feb. 19, 1857-Jun. 27, 1867; Feb. 17, 1868-Jul. 31, 1940
  • Map: 1862 Colton
  • Source: Bollinger 1976 (Chapter 37)
• Burg (Historical)
  • The Pioneer Cooperage Co. operated a lumber mill here from about 1906 to 1911, after which the company moved to Coldwater (Wayne County) when the timber played out. The town died soon after.
  • Located between Zalma and Gipsy
  • Map: 1920 Clason
  • Source: Bollinger 1976 (Chapter 41)
• Castor (Historical)
  • Located at the end of Route MM near the Wayne County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°17'57" N, 90°12'49" W
  • Survey: T. 30 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 6
  • Elevation: 500
  • Civil township: Filmore
  • USGS Quad: Allbright
  • Maps: 1886, 1904 McNally, and MoDOT
  • Source: Bollinger 1976 (Chapter 39)
• Castor Bridge (Historical)
  • Located on Castor River near the end of CR 615 southeast of Zalma
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°07'56" N, 90°03'14" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 33
  • Elevation: 360
  • Civil township: Wayne
  • USGS Quad: Zalma (Not shown)
  • Castor River crossing of the Zalma Branch railroad between Zalma and Greenbrier
  • Maps: 1904 McNally and 1920 Clason
• Castor Station (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Castor
  • Located on a county road southwest of Brownwood near Castor River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°04'03" N, 89°58'43" W
  • Elevation: 354
  • Civil township: Wayne
  • USGS Quad: Advance (Benchmark shown)
  • Point on the Cape Girardeau Southwestern Line
• Choat (Historical)
  • Located on CR 702 southwest of Grassy
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°13'04" N, 90°09'23" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 3
  • Elevation: 600
  • Civil township: Filmore
  • USGS Quad: Gipsy (Not shown)
  • Named for postmaster and store owner Albert Choat
  • Map: 1904 McNally
  • Source: Bollinger 1976 (Chapter 37)
• Clippard (Historical)
  • Located somewhere northeast of Laflin, possibly near a county road crossing of Granny Creek. Some sources, however, place Clippard Post Office a few miles south of Laflin.
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°19'10" N, 89°52'17" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 11 E., Sec. 31
  • Elevation: 435
  • Civil township: Lorance
  • USGS Quad: Burfordville (Not shown)
  • Map: 1904 McNally
  • Source: Moser
• Dongola (Unincorporated)
  • Dongola was destroyed by a tornado on May 30, 1917 and never recovered.
  • Located on MO 51 just west of the MO 91 intersection
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°10'05" N, 89°57'35" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 20-21
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • School district: Advance R-4
  • USGS Quad: Dongola
  • Source: Bollinger 1976 (Chapter 30)
• Drum (Unincorporated)
  • Located just south of the Route T and Route F intersection east of Glennon
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°11'19" N, 89°53'37" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 12
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • School district: Leopold R-3
  • USGS Quad: Dongola
  • Named for State Senator Robert Drum of Marble Hill
  • Founded: 1893 by John W. Laird
  • Maps: 1959 McNally and MoDOT
  • Source: Bollinger 1976 (Chapter 23)
• Ezra (Historical)
  • Possibly located near CR 916 east of Route HH northwest of Patton
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°33'21" N, 90°05'54" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 7
  • Elevation: 880
  • Civil township: Union
  • USGS Quad: Patton (Not shown)
  • Named for Ezra Martin, a popular local schoolteacher
  • Post office: Oct. 30, 1908 - Sept. 30, 1913
  • Map: 1920 Clason
  • Source: Bollinger 1976 (Chapter 9)
• Gipsy (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route E west of Zalma
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°08'49" N, 90°10'46" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 28
  • Civil township: Wayne
  • School district: Zalma R-5
  • USGS Quad: Gipsy
  • Post office: Oct. 4, 1904-Now
  • Source: Bollinger 1976 (Chapter 42)
• Glenallen (Village)
  • Population: 145 (Change since 1990: +51.0%)
  • Located near intersection of MO 51 and Route ZZ just west of Marble Hill
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°19'01" N, 90°01'42" W
  • Name origin: Thomas Allen
  • Founded: 1868
  • Post office: May 3, 1872-Jan. 9, 1880; Feb. 13, 1880-Now
• Glennon (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the intersection of Route T and Route AB
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°11'20" N, 89°55'06" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 11
  • Elevation: 544
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • School district: Leopold R-3
  • USGS Quad: Dongola
  • Named for Archbishop John Glennon, who gave permission to establish a parish here on Nov. 29, 1905
  • Source: Bollinger 1976 (Chapter 21)
• Grassy (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 34 west of Marble Hill
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°15'39" N, 90°07'25" W
  • Survey: T. 30 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 24
  • Elevation: 706
  • Civil township: Filmore
  • School district: Woodland R-4
  • USGS Quad: Glenallen
  • Source: Bollinger 1976 (Chapter 36)
• Greenbrier (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the end of Route W northeast of Arab
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°06'38" N, 90°01'32" W
  • Survey: T. 28 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 11
  • Elevation: 366
  • Civil township: Wayne
  • School district: Zalma R-5
  • USGS Quad: Sturdivant
  • Station on the Zalma Branch railroad
  • Post office: Nov. 15, 1889 - Sep. 30, 1957
  • Source: Bollinger 1976 (Chapter 32)
• Grisham (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Grisham Spur
  • Located on CR 840 northwest of Bessville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°22'47" N, 90°06'03" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 7
  • Civil township: Crooked Creek
  • School district: Woodland R-4
  • USGS Quad: Hurricane
  • Point on the Belmont Branch railroad
  • Named for Loyd Grisham, who helped build a railroad spur here from the Belmont Branch about 1910
  • Post office: Jan. 18, 1921-July 30, 1921; Apr. 9, 1923-Apr. 30, 1949
  • Maps: 1959 McNally and MoDOT
  • Source: Bollinger 1976 (Chapter 19)
• Hahn (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: North Zalma
  • Route H just south of the Route FF intersection about half way between Marble Hill and Zalma
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°12'19" N, 90°04'11" W
  • Survey: T. 39 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 5
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • USGS Quad: Zalma
  • Founded: 1875 by Jacob Hahn and Harmon Gray
  • Post office: 1895-Jan. 31, 1954
  • Map: 1959 McNally
  • Source: Bollinger 1976 (Chapter 27)
• Heitmans Mill (Historical)
  • Located on Whitewater River just south of the Perry County line, near junction CR 920 and CR 930
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°35'47" N, 90°01'42" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 2
  • Elevation: 697
  • Civil township: Union
  • USGS Quad: Patton (Not shown)
• Hurricane (Unincorporated)
  • Located near intersection of CR 328 and CR 330 south of Patton
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°24'58" N, 90°00'43" W
  • Survey: T. 32 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 35
  • Elevation: 674
  • Civil township: Crooked Creek
  • School district: Meadow Heights R-2
  • USGS Quad: Hurricane
  • Maps: 1904 McNally and 1920 Clason
• Huskey (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Husky
  • Located on MO 34 near the bridge over Hog Creek
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°19'10" N, 89°53'15" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 36
  • Elevation: 440
  • Civil township: Lorance
  • USGS Quad: Marble Hill (Not shown)
  • Post office: Aug. 4, 1887-Oct. 22, 1891; May 5, 1899-Aug. 31, 1907
  • Maps: 1904 McNally (Spelled as "Husky"), 1920 Clason, and MoDOT
  • Source: Bollinger 1976 (Chapter 24)
• Huxie (Historical)
  • Previously known as: Need More
  • Located between Hahn and Marble Hill
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°15'33" N, 90°03'08" W
  • Survey: T. 30 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 22
  • Elevation: 518
  • Civil township: Lorance
  • USGS Quad: Glenallen (Not shown)
  • Named for William J. Huxie, sawmill operator
  • Map: 1904 McNally
  • Source: Ramsay (p. 68)
• Laflin (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the end of Route U northeast of Leopold
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°16'37" N, 89°53'18" W
  • Survey: T. 30 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 12-13
  • Elevation: 396
  • Civil township: Lorance
  • School district: Leopold R-3
  • USGS Quad: Marble Hill
  • Station on the Belmont Branch railroad
  • Named for Sylvester M. Laflin, a director of the St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad.
  • Post office: Jan. 4, 1871-Apr. 15, 1954
  • Source: Bollinger 1976 (Chapter 22)
• Leopold (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Vinemount and Leopolis
  • Located on Spur Route N southeast of Marble Hill
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°15'28" N, 89°55'35" W
  • Survey: T. 30 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 22
  • Elevation: 639
  • Civil township: Lorance
  • School district: Leopold R-3
  • USGS Quad: Marble Hill
  • Named after Pope Leo XIII.
  • Founded: 1856 by Rev. John van Luytelaar
  • Post office: Aug. 23, 1887 - Now
  • Map: 1869 (Shows "Vine Mt.")
  • Source: Bollinger 1976 (Chapter 20)
• Lixville (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection of Route K and Route KK north of Sedgewickville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°34'37" N, 89°54'42" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 2
  • Elevation: 779
  • Civil township: Whitewater
  • School district: Meadow Heights R-2
  • USGS Quad: Sedgewickville
  • Named for the Lix family. The book Bollinger County 1776-1976;bollinger-76 (Ch. 8) claims the town was named after Henry Lix, who received a land patent on Jan. 3, 1856. However, Ramsay (p. 68) says the name originated with Louis W. Lix, the first postmaster.
  • Post office: Nov. 25, 1895-April 15, 1945
• Lodge (Unincorporated)
  • Post office changed name from Sumac to Lodge about 1880
  • Previously known as: Sumac
  • Located on Route DD near the Madison County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°19'29" N, 90°07'39" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 35-36
  • Civil township: Filmore
  • USGS Quad: Allbright
  • Maps: 1872 (Sumac), 1877 (Sumac), 1878 (Sumac), 1880 (Lodge and Sumac), 1886 (Lodge), 1920 Clason, and MoDOT
• Loyd (Historical)
  • Located somewhere east of Marquand, possibly near the end of Route YY
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°26'03" N, 90°04'21" W
  • Survey: T. 32 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 29
  • Elevation: 738
  • Civil township: Crooked Creek
  • USGS Quad: Hurricane (Not shown)
  • Maps: 1904 McNally, 1920 Clason, and 1923 McNally
• Marble Hill (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 1,502 (Change since 1990: +3.8%)
  • Located around the intersection of MO 34 and MO 51 near the center of the county
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°18'18" N, 89°58'35" W
  • Name origin: Marble-like rock
  • Founded: July 1851
  • Post office: May 5, 1834 - Feb. 18, 1868 (Greene); Feb. 18, 1868 - Now (Marble Hill)
  • Includes: Lutesville
• Mayfield (Unincorporated)
  • Located at end of Route JJ southeast of Patton
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°27'15" N, 89°56'57" W
  • Survey: T. 32 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 16
  • Civil township: Scopus
  • School district: Meadow Heights R-2
  • USGS Quad: Scopus
  • Map: 1886
• North Patton (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 51 north of Patton Junction and Patton
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°31'49" N, 90°00'54" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 23
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Meadow Heights R-2
  • USGS Quad: Patton
• Patton (Unincorporated)
  • Located just south of the MO 51 and MO 72 intersection along Little Whitewater Creek
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°30'08" N, 90°00'48" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 35
  • Elevation: 605
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Meadow Heights R-2
  • USGS Quad: Patton (Also shown on Hurricane quad)
  • Map: 1865
• Patton Junction (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the intersection of MO 51 and MO 72 north of Patton
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°31'08" N, 90°00'55" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 26
  • Elevation: 684
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Meadow Heights R-2
  • USGS Quad: Patton
• Precinct (Historical)
  • Located north of Patton at the intersection of MO 51 and Route NN
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°33'07" N, 90°01'13" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 14
  • Elevation: 824
  • Civil township: Union
  • USGS Quad: Patton (Benchmark shown)
• Richardson (Historical)
  • Located at the end of CR 644 along the Diversion Channel east of Greenbrier
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°06'23" N, 90°00'60" W
  • Survey: T. 28 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 12
  • Civil township: Wayne
  • USGS Quad: Sturdivant (Not shown)
  • Station on the Zalma Branch between Greenbrier and Brownwood
  • Maps: 1904 McNally (Shows Richardson three miles from Brownwood), 1920 Clason, and MoDOT
• Rose (Historical)
  • Located somewhere west of Mayfield
  • Source: Moser
• Sank (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 528 just north of MO 51
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°10'18" N, 90°00'49" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 13
  • Elevation: 393
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • School district: Zalma R-5
  • USGS Quad: Zalma
  • Maps: 1920 Clason and MoDOT
• Scheperville (Historical)
  • Located south of Marble Hill along MO 51
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 5
  • USGS Quad: Dongola (Not shown)
  • Named for Frederick Scheper, first postmaster
  • Maps: 1897 Galbraith and 1886
  • Sources: Bollinger 1976 (p. 313) and Houck
• Schlatitz (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 51 west of Dongola
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°10'15" N, 89°59'15" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 19
  • Elevation: 420
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • School district: Zalma R-5
  • USGS Quad: Dongola (Not shown)
  • Maps: 1920 Clason and MoDOT
• Scopus (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the intersection of Route B and Route M northeast of Marble Hill
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°23'56" N, 89°55'14" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 3
  • Elevation: 684
  • Civil township: Scopus
  • School district: Woodland R-4
  • USGS Quad: Scopus
• Sedgewickville (Village)
  • Population: 197 (Change since 1990: +42.8%)
  • Located at the intersection of Route K, Route EE, and Route WW
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°30'51" N, 89°54'34" W
• Shrum (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 306 east of Bessville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°23'02" N, 90°00'54" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 11
  • Civil township: Crooked Creek
  • School district: Woodland R-4
  • USGS Quad: Hurricane
  • Maps: 1904 McNally and 1920 Clason
• Sitzke Store (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Twin Bridges
  • Located at the intersection of MO 34 and Route MM along Castor River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°14'51" N, 90°12'09" W
  • Survey: T. 30 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 29-30
  • Elevation: 440
  • Civil township: Filmore
  • USGS Quad: Gipsy (Not shown)
  • Map: MoDOT
• Storis (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Stores
  • Station on old railroad branch between Richardson and Brownwood
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Sturdivant (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route V near the Stoddard County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°02'58" N, 90°00'50" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 35-36
  • Elevation: 349
  • Civil township: Wayne
  • School district: Zalma R-5
  • USGS Quad: Sturdivant
  • Station on the Cape Girardeau Southwestern Line between Brownwood and Kinder
  • Possibly named for Col. Robert Sturdivant, prominent businessman and banker in Cape Girardeau.
• Tallent (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the intersection of Route A and Route YY
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°27'55" N, 90°04'06" W
  • Survey: T. 32 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 8
  • Elevation: 801
  • Civil township: Crooked Creek
  • School district: Meadow Heights R-2
  • USGS Quad: Hurricane
• Trowel (Historical)
  • Located somewhere north of Schlatitz
• Younts Store (Historical)
  • Located at the intersection Route A and Route O northeast of Marquand
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°27'36" N, 90°06'20" W
  • Survey: T. 32 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 13
  • Civil township: Crooked Creek
  • USGS Quad: Hurricane
• Zalma (Village)
  • Population: 93 (Change since 1990: +12.0%)
  • Located on MO 51 just west of Route H intersection along Castor River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°08'40" N, 90°04'41" W
  • Name origin: Zalma Block
• Zephyr (Historical)
  • Located somewhere west of Hahn

History

Name origin

Named for Col. George Frederick Bollinger

Demographics