Oregon County, Missouri

Overview

• Population: 10,344 (Change since 1990: +9.2%)
• Created: February 14, 1854
• County seat: Alton
• Largest town: Thayer (Pop. 2,201)
• Name origin: Territory of Oregon

Populated Places

• Alton (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 668 (Change since 1990: -3.5%)
  • Located near intersection US 160 and MO 19 in the center of the county
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°41'39" N, 91°23'57" W
  • Name origin: Alton, Illinois
  • Founded: 1859
• American (Historical)
  • Railroad station located northwest of Thayer
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°34'35" N, 91°35'15" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 6 W., Sec. 11
  • Elevation: 800
  • Civil township: Big Apple
  • School district: Oregon-Howell R-3
  • USGS Quad: Thayer (Not shown)
• Attie (Historical)
  • Located north of Koshkonong
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 6 W., Sec. 8
• Bandyville (Historical)
  • Located somewhere northwest of Greer
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°50'30" N, 91°24'27" W
  • Survey: T. 25 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 17
  • Civil township: Woodside
  • School district: Alton R-4
  • USGS Quad: Piedmont Hollow (Not shown)
  • Named for J. R. Bandy, storeowner and doctor
  • Map: 1904 McNally
  • Source: Moser
• Billmore (Unincorporated)
  • Located along MO 142 just east of the intersection with Route Y
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°33'46" N, 91°12'54" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 2 W., Sec. 17-18
  • Elevation: 585
  • Civil township: Billmore
  • School district: Couch R-1
  • USGS Quad: Billmore
  • Named for William Moore, early settler
  • Source: Moser
• Boze Mill (Unincorporated)
  • Located along the Eleven Point River north of Riverton on CR 152
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°39'47" N, 91°11'38" W
  • Elevation: 453
  • Civil township: Ozark
  • School district: Alton R-4
  • USGS Quad: Riverton
• Brady (Historical)
  • Probably located near the intersection of US 160 and Route M near Rover
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°44'37" N, 91°31'10" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 6 W., Sec. 15
  • Elevation: 982
  • Civil township: Moore
  • USGS Quad: Rover
  • Named for L. Brady Harris, local lawyer
  • Source: Moser
• Braswell (Historical)
  • Located at intersection Route AA and CR 125 northwest of Many Springs
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°42'50" N, 91°18'39" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 29
  • Elevation: 974
  • Civil township: Goebel
  • School district: Alton R-4
  • USGS Quad: Many Springs (Shows Braswell Lookout Tower)
  • Named for the Braswell family which settled here in 1856
  • Source: Moser
• Calm (Unincorporated)
  • Located at junction MO 142 and Route UU east of Billmore
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°33'06" N, 91°09'42" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 2 W., Sec. 14
  • Elevation: 502
  • Civil township: Cedar Bluff
  • School district: Couch R-1
  • USGS Quad: Billmore
• Clifton (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°33'24" N, 91°31'48" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 5 W.
  • Elevation: 645
  • Civil township: Thayer
  • School district: Thayer R-2
  • USGS Quad: Thayer
• Coin (Unincorporated)
  • Located somewhere northeast of Many Springs
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°41'22" N, 91°14'13" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 36
  • Elevation: 690
  • Civil township: Goebel
  • School district: Alton R-4
  • USGS Quad: Riverton
  • Named for Coin Jones, who settled here with his father about 1894
  • Map: 1904 McNally
  • Source: Moser
• Corona (Unincorporated)
  • Located somewhere northwest of Jeff
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°33'04" N, 91°24'42" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 21
  • Civil township: Jeff
  • School district: Thayer R-2
  • USGS Quad: Couch
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Couch (Unincorporated)
  • Located along Route A west of the intersection with Route E, south of Alton
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°36'22" N, 91°22'59" W
  • Survey: T. 23 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 34
  • Civil township: Couch
  • School district: Couch R-1
  • USGS Quad: Couch
  • Post office: Apr. 10, 1885 - Now
• Deckard-Y (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Jenkins Store
  • Located at the intersection of MO 142 and Route H
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°32'46" N, 91°15'14" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 23
  • Elevation: 640
  • Civil township: Myrtle
  • School district: Couch R-1
  • USGS Quad: Myrtle
  • Map: MoDOT (Jenkins Store)
• Del Haf (Historical)
  • Post office in the early 1920's
  • Alternate name: Del Haff
  • Name coined from founder Jasper L. Morris' daughter Della and the halfway location of the place between Myrtle and Jeff
  • Source: Moser
• Farewell (Unincorporated)
  • Located along Route V near the Arkansas Border between Thayer and Myrtle
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°30'04" N, 91°21'41" W
  • Survey: T. 21 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 2
  • Elevation: 779
  • Civil township: Jeff
  • School district: Couch R-1
  • USGS Quad: Myrtle
• Garfield (Unincorporated)
  • Located just off Route E southeast of Couch
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°35'07" N, 91°19'33" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 7
  • Civil township: Couch
  • School district: Couch R-1
  • USGS Quad: Myrtle
• Green Town (Unincorporated)
  • Located on the southern edge of Thayer
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°30'51" N, 91°32'32" W
  • Civil township: Thayer
  • School district: Thayer R-2
  • USGS Quad: Thayer
• Greer (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 19 northeast of Alton
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°46'10" N, 91°21'12" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 1
  • Elevation: 853
  • Civil township: Woodside
  • School district: Alton R-4
  • USGS Quad: Greer
• Griswold (Unincorporated)
  • Located in the southeastern corner of the county beyond the end of Route UU
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°30'41" N, 91°08'41" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 2 W., Sec. 35
  • Elevation: 484
  • Civil township: Cedar Bluff
  • School district: Couch R-1
  • USGS Quad: Billmore (Benchmark shown)
• Guiteau (Historical)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°32'49" N, 91°18'47" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 20
  • Elevation: 728
  • Civil township: Jeff
  • School district: Couch R-1
  • USGS Quad: Myrtle (Not shown)
  • Named for Charles J. Guiteau, who assassinated President James Garfield in 1881.
  • Source: Moser
• Hollis (Unincorporated)
  • Located just southeast of Braswell
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°42'16" N, 91°18'18" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 28
  • Elevation: 888
  • Civil township: Goebel
  • School district: Alton R-4
  • USGS Quad: Many Springs (Shows Hollis Cemetery)
• Huddleston (Historical)
  • Located on US 160 northwest of Alton
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°43'39" N, 91°25'29" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 20
  • Elevation: 941
  • Civil township: Piney
  • School district: Alton R-4
  • USGS Quad: Alton (Shows benchmark and Huddleston Chapel nearby)
• Hy (Unincorporated)
  • Located southwest of Couch
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°34'31" N, 91°27'28" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 5 W., Sec. 12
  • Elevation: 715
  • Civil township: Thayer
  • School district: Thayer R-2
  • USGS Quad: Couch
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Jeff (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route V just west of Farewell
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°30'27" N, 91°23'17" W
  • Survey: T. 21 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 3
  • Civil township: Jeff
  • School district: Couch R-1
  • USGS Quad: Couch
• Jobe (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection CR 225 and CR 223 beyond the end of Route KK
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°35'06" N, 91°16'13" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 2
  • Elevation: 458
  • Civil township: Jobe
  • School district: Couch R-1
  • USGS Quad: Myrtle
• Koshkonong (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 205 (Change since 1990: +3.5%)
  • Located along US 63 northwest of Thayer
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°35'45" N, 91°38'44" W
  • Name origin: Lake Koshkonong, Wisconsin
  • Founded: 1882
• Lula (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Lulu
  • Located near intersection CR 104 and CR 125 east of Alton
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°41'19" N, 91°18'18" W
  • Elevation: 774
  • Civil township: Goebel
  • School district: Alton R-4
  • USGS Quad: Many Springs (Shows Lula Church)
  • Named for Lula Stairs, wife of postmaster William J. Stairs
  • Map: 1920 Clason
  • Source: Moser
• Many Springs (Unincorporated)
  • Located on US 160 near the junction with Route FF southeast of Alton
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°39'12" N, 91°15'59" W
  • Survey: T. 23 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 14
  • Civil township: Johnson
  • School district: Alton R-4
  • USGS Quad: Many Springs
• Midway (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°36'38" N, 91°28'37" W
  • Survey: T. 23 N., R. 5 W.
  • Elevation: 892
  • Civil township: Thayer
  • School district: Thayer R-2
  • USGS Quad: Couch
• Mitch (Historical)
  • Located along the Eleven Point River somewhere southwest of Bardley
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Myrtle (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route V near the intersection with Route BB
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°30'31" N, 91°16'01" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 35
  • Elevation: 566
  • Civil township: Myrtle
  • School district: Couch R-1
  • USGS Quad: Myrtle
  • Named for Myrtle Moore, daughter of founder Scott More
• New Liberty (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Brawley
  • Located at intersection FR 3170 and FR 3150 northwest of Wilderness
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°51'52" N, 91°16'50" W
  • Survey: T. 25 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 3
  • Civil township: Falling Spring
  • School district: Winona R-3
  • USGS Quad: Greer
  • Map: 1920 Clason (Brawley or New Liberty PO)
• Old Town (Unincorporated)
  • Located between Thayer and Mammoth Spring, Arkansas
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°30'14" N, 91°32'36" W
  • Civil township: Thayer
  • School district: Thayer R-2
  • USGS Quad: Thayer
  • Map: MoDOT
• Riverton (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the US 160 bridge over the Eleven Point River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°38'54" N, 91°12'05" W
  • Survey: T. 23 N., R. 2 W., Sec. 17
  • Elevation: 441
  • Civil township: Johnson
  • School district: Alton R-4
  • USGS Quad: Riverton
  • Named for Riverton, Wyoming
  • Source: Moser
• Ross (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°48'58" N, 91°17'12" W
  • Survey: T. 25 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 21
  • Elevation: 768
  • Civil township: Falling Spring
  • School district: Alton R-4
  • USGS Quad: Greer (Benchmark shown)
• Rover (Unincorporated)
  • Located at junction Route M and Route DD between West Plains and Alton
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°43'18" N, 91°37'15" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 6 W., Sec. 21-22
  • Elevation: 966
  • Civil township: Highland
  • School district: Alton R-4
  • USGS Quad: Rover
• Royal Oak (Unincorporated)
  • Located on US 160 northwest of Alton
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°44'02" N, 91°28'20" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 5 W., Sec. 24
  • Elevation: 908
  • Civil township: Moore
  • School district: Alton R-4
  • USGS Quad: Alton
• Shelby (Unincorporated)
  • Located southeast of Thayer, near the Arkansas border
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°30'13" N, 91°31'20" W
  • Civil township: Thayer
  • School district: Thayer R-2
  • USGS Quad: Thayer
• Simpson (Unincorporated)
  • Located southeast of Alton near intersection of Route E and CR 206
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°39'38" N, 91°22'25" W
  • Survey: T. 23 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 11
  • Elevation: 762
  • Civil township: Piney
  • School district: Alton R-4
  • USGS Quad: Many Springs (Not shown)
• St. Elmo (Historical)
  • Located along the railroad between Koshkonong and Thayer
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°35'03" N, 91°38'03" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 6 W., Sec. 9
  • Elevation: 965
  • Civil township: Big Apple
  • USGS Quad: Koshkonong (Shows a "St. Elmore" benchmark)
  • Maps: 1904 McNally, 1920 Clason, and 1928 Frisco
• Thayer (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 2,201 (Change since 1990: +10.3%)
  • Located near intersections US 63, MO 19, and MO 142 north of Mammoth Spring, Arkansas
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°31'28" N, 91°32'17" W
  • Name origin: Nathaniel Thayer
• Thomasons Mill (Historical)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°33'44" N, 91°10'60" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 2 W., Sec. 16
  • Elevation: 400
  • Civil township: Billmore
  • School district: Couch R-1
  • USGS Quad: Billmore (Not shown)
• Thomasville (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the MO 99 bridge over the Eleven Point River northwest of Alton
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°47'21" N, 91°31'55" W
  • Survey: T. 25 N., R. 5 W., Sec. 32
  • Elevation: 643
  • Civil township: Moore
  • School district: Alton R-4
  • USGS Quad: Thomasville
  • Founded: 1846
  • Source: Moser
• Turners Mill (Unincorporated)
  • Located on the Eleven Point River a few miles downstream from the MO 19 bridge
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°45'59" N, 91°15'59" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 3
  • Civil township: King
  • School district: Alton R-4
  • USGS Quad: Greer
• Wason (Unincorporated)
  • Located just northeast of Thayer
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Water (Unincorporated)
  • Located northeast of Calm along Route U
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°35'39" N, 91°08'49" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 2 W., Sec. 2
  • Elevation: 619
  • Civil township: Cedar Bluff
  • School district: Couch R-1
  • USGS Quad: Billmore (Benchmark shown)
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Wilderness (Unincorporated)
  • Located at end of Route K in the northeast corner of the county
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°47'20" N, 91°11'31" W
  • Survey: T. 25 N., R. 2 W., Sec. 32
  • Elevation: 843
  • Civil township: King
  • School district: Alton R-4
  • USGS Quad: Wilderness
• Woodside (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°44'30" N, 91°23'17" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 15
  • Elevation: 880
  • Civil township: Woodside
  • School district: Alton R-4
  • USGS Quad: Alton
  • Named for John R. Woodside, early settler
  • Source: Moser

History

Name origin

Named for the "Territory of Oregon"

Demographics