Reynolds County, Missouri

Overview

• Population: 6,689 (Change since 1990: +0.4%)
• Created: February 25, 1845
• County seat: Centerville
• Largest town: Ellington (Pop. 1,045)
• Name origin: Thomas Reynolds

Populated Places

• Alamode (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Ala Mode
  • Located northwest of Ellington along CR 700
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°18'47" N, 90°59'46" W
  • Survey: T. 30 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 12
  • Elevation: 870
  • Civil township: Logan
  • USGS Quad: Redford (Not shown)
  • Post office: June 13, 1846 - ca. 1908
  • Maps: 1866, 1880, 1886, and 1904 McNally
• Bay Springs (Historical)
  • Located along Black River somewhere south of Lesterville
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Bedwell (Historical)
  • Located on Route Y northwest of Ellington
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°16'06" N, 91°01'09" W
  • Survey: T. 30 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 23
  • Elevation: 860
  • Civil township: Logan
  • USGS Quad: Corridon SE (Not shown)
  • Station on the Missouri Southern Line between Fruit City and Ellington
• Bee Fork (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Beefork
  • Located on CR 854 east of Route TT along Beek Fork
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°26'29" N, 91°05'04" W
  • Survey: T. 32 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 30
  • Elevation: 912
  • Civil township: Carroll
  • USGS Quad: Corridon (Shows Bee Fork Church)
  • Maps: 1880, 1886, and 1895 McNally
• Black (Unincorporated)
  • Located near intersection MO 49 and Route J
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°31'53" N, 90°55'59" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 22
  • Elevation: 803
  • Civil township: Black River
  • School district: Lesterville R-4
  • USGS Quad: Edgehill
  • Post office: Apr. 19, 1883 - Now
  • Maps: 1886 and 1895 McNally
• Bowers (Historical)
  • Located somewhere west of Ellington
  • Civil township: Logan
  • Maps: 1895 McNally (Shown as Bower at end of railroad spur), 1904 McNally, and 1911
• Buffords (Historical)
  • Located near confluence of East and West Forks of Black River southeast of Lesterville
  • Maps: 1857 Colton, 1862 Colton (Buford), and 1872
• Bunker (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 427 (Change since 1990: +9.5%)
  • Located at intersection MO 72 and Route A on the Dent County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°27'19" N, 91°12'37" W
  • Post office: Apr. 13, 1907 - Now
• Buzzard Hill (Historical)
  • Located northwest of Ellington on CR 774 west of Route Y
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°16'38" N, 91°01'32" W
  • Survey: T. 30 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 23
  • Elevation: 905
  • Civil township: Logan
  • USGS Quad: Corridon SE (Not shown)
  • Point on the Missouri Southern Line between Fruit City and Bedwell
• Cable (Historical)
  • Located between Garwood and Helvey
• Centerville (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 171 (Change since 1990: +92.1%)
  • Located on MO 21/72 at the W. Fk. Black River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°26'10" N, 90°57'40" W
  • Founded: 1812
• Chitwood (Historical)
  • Located south of Ellington along CR 618
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°11'42" N, 90°58'21" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 17
  • Elevation: 800
  • Civil township: Logan
  • USGS Quad: Ellington (Shows Chitwood Cemetery)
  • Station on the Missouri Southern Line
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Clones (Historical)
  • Located somewhere west of Edgehill near the Iron County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°35'25" N, 91°01'25" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 2
  • Elevation: 1245
  • Civil township: Black River
  • USGS Quad: Oates (Not shown)
  • Maps: 1895 McNally, 1897 Galbraith, and 1904 McNally
• Corridon (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Rose Hill
  • Located on Route B south of Reynolds
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°22'55" N, 91°04'20" W
  • Civil township: Jackson
  • School district: Southern Reynolds County R-2
  • USGS Quad: Corridon
  • Maps: 1904 McNally and 1920 Clason
• Cottonville (Historical)
  • Located south of Ruble
  • Point on the Missouri Southern Line
  • Maps: 1904 McNally and 1911
• Cynthia (Historical)
  • Located on Black River west of Piedmont. Probably now under Clearwater Lake.
  • Map: 1886
• Dagonia (Historical)
  • Located southwest of Corridon along Route B
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°18'44" N, 91°07'20" W
  • Survey: T. 30 N., R. 2 W., Sec. 2
  • Elevation: 930
  • Civil township: Jackson
  • USGS Quad: Corridon SE (Shows Dagonia Church)
  • Terminus of spur from Missouri Southern Line
  • Maps: 1904 McNally, 1918, 1920 Clason, and 1923 McNally
• Dairyville (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Delmire
  • Located south of Corridon on CR 752
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°20'55" N, 91°04'59" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 29
  • Civil township: Jackson
  • USGS Quad: Corridon SE (Benchmark shown)
  • Junction of Missouri Southern Line and spur southwest to Dagonia
  • Maps: 1920 Clason and 1930 Frisco (Shows Delmire)
• Daley (Historical)
  • Located at intersection CR 752 and CR 768 northwest of Ellington
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°19'01" N, 91°02'57" W
  • Survey: T. 30 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 4
  • Elevation: 1199
  • Civil township: Jackson
  • USGS Quad: Corridon SE (Benchmark shown)
  • Station on the Missouri Southern Line between Fruit City and Dairyville
• Doe Run (Historical)
  • Located somewhere southeast of Ellington
  • Map: 1880
• Duncan (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Duncan Lane
  • Located along CR 547 east of Hadley
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°04'25" N, 90°47'20" W
  • Survey: T. 28 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 25
  • Elevation: 555
  • Civil township: Webb
  • USGS Quad: Ellington SE (Not shown)
  • Point on the Missouri Southern Line
  • Maps: 1904 McNally (Shown as Duncan Lane) and 1911 (Shown as Duncan Junction)
• Edgehill (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Edge Hill
  • Located at intersection MO 49 and Route A
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°35'18" N, 90°55'60" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 3
  • Elevation: 832
  • Civil township: Black River
  • School district: Lesterville R-4
  • USGS Quad: Edgehill
  • Maps: 1866 and 1880 (Shown as Edge Hill)
• Ellington (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 1,045 (Change since 1990: +5.1%)
  • Located at the intersection MO 21 and MO 106 south of Centerville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°14'21" N, 90°58'11" W
  • Name origin: Ellington family
  • Founded: 1868 by William Copeland
  • Post office: Dec. 29, 1845 - Feb. 12, 1895 (Logan Creek); Feb. 12, 1895 - Now (Ellington)
• Exchange (Unincorporated)
  • Located west of Ellington on MO 106
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°13'34" N, 91°02'11" W
  • Civil township: Logan
  • School district: Southern Reynolds County R-2
  • USGS Quad: Exchange
  • Maps: 1895 McNally and 1920 Clason
• Farris (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Farrie
  • Located on a county road west of the MO 21 and Route O intersection south of Centerville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°21'49" N, 90°58'44" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 19
  • Civil township: Logan
  • USGS Quad: Redford
  • Served by a spur from the Missouri Southern Line
• Fitz (Historical)
  • Located between Bunker and Melton
  • Signal stop on Missouri Southern Line
• Freeman (Historical)
  • Located along Route HH west of Ruble
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°08'38" N, 90°55'18" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 35
  • Elevation: 658
  • Civil township: Logan
  • USGS Quad: Ellington (Benchmark shown)
  • Point along the Missouri Southern Line
  • Maps: 1904 McNally and 1911
• Fruit City (Historical)
  • Previously known as: Red Oak
  • Located northwest of Ellington near the end of Route Y
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°17'26" N, 91°02'20" W
  • Survey: T. 30 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 15
  • Elevation: 1082
  • Civil township: Logan
  • USGS Quad: Corridon SE (Shows Fruit City Hollow)
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Garwood (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 34 east of MO 21
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°03'59" N, 90°52'40" W
  • Survey: T. 28 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 30-31
  • Elevation: 899
  • Civil township: Webb
  • School district: Van Buren R-1
  • USGS Quad: Garwood
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Glendale (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Glen Dale
  • Located somewhere in the far southwest corner of the county
  • Civil township: Logan
  • Maps: 1866 and 1874
• Grady (Historical)
  • Located west of Ruble at the intersection of Route HH and CR 526
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°08'52" N, 90°56'17" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 34
  • Elevation: 696
  • Civil township: Logan
  • USGS Quad: Ellington (Benchmark shown)
• Greeley (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 906 just past the end of Route PP
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°30'54" N, 91°11'13" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 2 W., Sec. 32
  • Elevation: 1012
  • Civil township: Carroll
  • School district: Bunker R-3
  • USGS Quad: Greeley
  • Maps: 1886 and 1895 McNally
• Guber (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Gober
  • Located east of Corridon along CR 728 near Sinking Creek
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°23'26" N, 91°02'03" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 10
  • Elevation: 1020
  • Civil township: Carroll
  • USGS Quad: Corridon (Not shown)
  • Served by a spur from the Missouri Southern Line
  • Map: 1930 Frisco
• Hadley (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 574 south of MO 34
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°04'22" N, 90°47'53" W
  • Survey: T. 28 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 26
  • Civil township: Webb
  • School district: Van Buren R-1
  • USGS Quad: Ellington SE
  • Station on Missouri Southern Line
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Helvey (Historical)
  • Located on Route HH southeast of Ruble
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°07'31" N, 90°52'16" W
  • Survey: T. 28 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 6
  • Elevation: 581
  • Civil township: Webb
  • USGS Quad: Clearwater Dam (Shows Helvey Cemetery)
  • Station on the Missouri Southern Line between Ruble and Garwood
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Hicks (Historical)
  • Located between Dairyville and Corridon
• Hide Out (Historical)
  • Located south of Ellington along MO 21
  • USGS Quad: Ellington (Shows Hide Out Pond)
  • Point on the Missouri Southern Line
  • Maps: 1904 McNally and 1911
• Humbolt (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Humboldt
  • Located somewhere west of Ellington
  • Maps: 1895 McNally and 1897 Galbraith
• Keystone (Historical)
  • Located west of Leeper
  • Station on Missouri Southern Line
  • Map: 1895 McNally
• Lesterville (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Lester
  • Located on MO 21/49/72 between Route N and Route U
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°27'14" N, 90°50'36" W
  • Elevation: 712
  • Civil township: Lesterville
  • School district: Lesterville R-4
  • USGS Quad: Lesterville
  • Named for Jesse Lester, first settler and town founder
  • Founded: by Jesse Lester
  • Post office: Apr. 16, 1838 - Mar. 22, 1839; Sept. 14, 1842 - Now
  • Maps: 1866 and 1920 Clason
  • Source: Bell (p. 52)
• Lily Farm (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 856 east of Bunker along Bee Fork
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°26'58" N, 91°07'56" W
  • Survey: T. 32 N., R. 2 W., Sec. 23
  • Elevation: 1011
  • Civil township: Carroll
  • School district: Bunker R-3
  • USGS Quad: Bunker
• Lone Star (Historical)
  • Located in far southwest corner of county north of Van Buren
  • Terminus of spur on Missouri Southern Line
  • Maps: 1895 McNally and 1902
• Lost Spring (Historical)
  • Located northwest of Alamode
  • Map: 1880
• Lyons (Historical)
  • Located northeast of Corridon
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°22'24" N, 90°59'44" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 24
  • Elevation: 925
  • Civil township: Logan
  • USGS Quad: Redford (Not shown)
  • Served by a spur from the Missouri Southern Line
  • Map: 1930 Frisco
• Manns (Historical)
  • Located on Route HH east of Ruble near Webb Creek
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°08'27" N, 90°52'36" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 31
  • Elevation: 583
  • Civil township: Webb
  • USGS Quad: Ellington (Benchmark shown at edge of map)
• Marcoot (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 906 in the northwest corner of Reynolds County
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°33'16" N, 91°15'30" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 15
  • Elevation: 1149
  • Civil township: Carroll
  • School district: Bunker R-3
  • USGS Quad: Stone Hill
  • Maps: 1918 and 1920 Clason
• Martha (Historical)
  • Located southwhere east of Ellington
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°16'02" N, 90°51'03" W
  • Survey: T. 30 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 20
  • Elevation: 613
  • Civil township: Logan
  • USGS Quad: Lesterville SE (Benchmark shown)
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• McDoe (Historical)
  • Located southwest of Corridon along Route B
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°22'13" N, 91°07'04" W
  • Elevation: 920
  • Civil township: Jackson
  • USGS Quad: Corridon SE (Not shown)
  • Maps: 1895 McNally and 1904 McNally
• Meadowville (Historical)
  • Located just east of Ruble
  • Map: 1911
• Melton (Historical)
  • Located along MO 72 southeast of Bunker
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°25'42" N, 91°10'48" W
  • Survey: T. 32 N., R. 2 W., Sec. 32
  • Elevation: 1320
  • Civil township: Carroll
  • USGS Quad: Bunker (Not shown)
• Monterey (Unincorporated)
  • Located near end of Route MM north of Johnson Shut-Ins State Park
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°34'19" N, 90°51'11" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 5
  • Civil township: Lesterville
  • School district: Lesterville R-4
  • USGS Quad: Johnson Shut-ins
  • Maps: 1897 Galbraith and 1904 McNally
• Moses Store (Historical)
  • Located southeast of Oates along Missouri Branch Creek
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°31'52" N, 91°00'17" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 25
  • Elevation: 853
  • Civil township: Black River
  • USGS Quad: Oates (Benchmark shown)
• Moss (Historical)
  • Located west of Oates
• Munger (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Mungers Mill
  • Located on Route N at far northeast corner of Reynolds County
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°35'51" N, 90°47'47" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 2
  • Elevation: 963
  • Civil township: Lesterville
  • School district: Lesterville R-4
  • USGS Quad: Johnson Shut-ins
  • Named for Marvin Munger, first settler who came here ca. 1816
  • Maps: 1857 Johnson, 1857 Colton, and 1873
  • Source: Bell
• Oakdale (Historical)
  • Located at junction CR 752 and CR 700 south of Corridon
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°20'26" N, 91°03'54" W
  • Elevation: 1183
  • Civil township: Jackson
  • USGS Quad: Corridon SE (Benchmark shown)
  • Point on the Missouri Southern Line
• Oakley (Historical)
  • Located along CR 526 between MO 21 and Route HH south of Ellington
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°08'56" N, 90°57'19" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 33
  • Elevation: 748
  • Civil township: Logan
  • USGS Quad: Ellington (Shows benchmark and Oakley Hollow)
  • Station on Missouri Southern Line between Ellington and Ruble
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Oates (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route J east of Route KK
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°33'46" N, 91°03'23" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 9
  • Elevation: 994
  • Civil township: Black River
  • School district: Lesterville R-4
  • USGS Quad: Oates
  • Map: 1895 McNally
• Ohlman (Historical)
  • Located between Reynolds and Bunker on MO 72
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°25'35" N, 91°06'55" W
  • Survey: T. 32 N., R. 2 W., Sec. 36
  • Elevation: 1230
  • Civil township: Carroll
  • USGS Quad: Corridon (Shows Ohlman Church)
  • Point on the Missouri Southern Line southeast of Bunker
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Pine Valley (Historical)
  • Located in the southwest corner of Reynolds County roughly north of Van Buren
  • Survey: T. 28 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 18
  • Elevation: 650
  • Maps: 1880 (Shown on road between Ellington and Van Buren) and 1886
• Raymond (Historical)
  • Located just east of Hadley
  • Station on Missouri Southern Line between Hadley and Gaylor
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Redford (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route O west of Route K
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°19'12" N, 90°53'54" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 36
  • Elevation: 695
  • Civil township: Logan
  • School district: Centerville R-1
  • USGS Quad: Redford
  • Map: 1895 McNally
• Reeds (Historical)
  • Located at intersection MO 21 and CR 700 just north of Ellington
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°15'05" N, 90°57'59" W
  • Survey: T. 30 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 29
  • Elevation: 701
  • Civil township: Logan
  • USGS Quad: Redford (Benchmark shown)
• Reynolds (Unincorporated)
  • Located just north of Corridon at intersection MO 72 and Route B
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°24'03" N, 91°04'24" W
  • Elevation: 1255
  • Civil township: Jackson
  • School district: Bunker R-3
  • USGS Quad: Corridon
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Riverside (Historical)
  • Located just beyond the end of Route CC at the edge of Clearwater Lake
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°14'18" N, 90°46'13" W
  • Elevation: 530
  • Civil township: Webb
  • USGS Quad: Clearwater Dam (Not shown)
• Ruble (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route HH near CR 530 and CR 510 southeast of Ellington
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°08'54" N, 90°53'46" W
  • Civil township: Logan
  • School district: Southern Reynolds County R-2
  • USGS Quad: Ellington
  • Station on the Missouri Southern Line
  • Map: 1897 Galbraith
• Scotts (Historical)
  • Located somewhere north of Corridon
  • Temporary terminus of the Missouri Southern Line
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Smithboro (Historical)
  • Located on a county road south of Lesterville along Black River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°23'32" N, 90°49'28" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 3
  • Elevation: 645
  • Civil township: Lesterville
  • USGS Quad: Lesterville (Benchmark shown)
  • Map: 1904 McNally (Shown northwest of Lesterville)
• Stine (Historical)
  • Located south of Ruble
  • Point on the Missouri Southern Line between Ruble and Helvey
• Tainter (Historical)
  • Located northwest of Keystone
  • Map: 1897 McNally
• Tip Top (Historical)
  • Located between Cottonville and Webb
  • Station on the Missouri Southern Line
  • Maps: 1904 McNally and 1911
• Vogt (Historical)
  • Located west of Greeley
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Warrens Store (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Warrens
  • Located in the northeast corner of the county
  • Maps: 1886, 1895 McNally, and 1918
• Webb (Historical)
  • Located on Route HH southeast of Ruble along North Fork Webb Creek
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°08'20" N, 90°52'19" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 2. E., Sec. 31
  • Elevation: 592
  • Civil township: Webb
  • USGS Quad: Clearwater Dam (Benchmark shown)
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• West Fork (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the intersection Route KK and CR 844
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°29'30" N, 91°06'32" W
  • Survey: T. 32 N., R. 2 W., Sec. 1
  • Civil township: Carroll
  • School district: Bunker R-3
  • USGS Quad: Corridon
  • Post office: May 16, 1871 - May 31, 1954
  • Map: 1886

History

Name origin

Named after Thomas Reynolds, Missouri governor

Demographics