Stoddard County, Missouri

Overview

• Population: 29,705 (Change since 1990: +2.8%)
• Created: January 2, 1835
• County seat: Bloomfield
• Largest town: Dexter (Pop. 7,356)
• Name origin: Maj. Amos Stoddard

Populated Places

• Acorn Ridge (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Acornridge
  • Located on Route J west of Bloomfield
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°54'48" N, 90°03'29" W
  • Survey: T. 26 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 10-11
  • Elevation: 388
  • Civil township: New Lisbon
  • School district: Bloomfield R-14
  • USGS Quad: Acorn Ridge
• Advance (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 1,244 (Change since 1990: +9.2%)
  • Located at the junction of MO 25, MO 91, and Route C
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°06'15" N, 89°54'42" W
  • Name origin: Progress
  • Founded: ca. 1882
• Aid (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route F west of Bloomfield
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°52'37" N, 90°02'28" W
  • Survey: T. 26 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 26
  • Civil township: Castor
  • School district: Bloomfield R-14
  • USGS Quad: Acorn Ridge
• Ajax (Historical)
  • Located east of Dudley
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°47'23" N, 90°04'18" W
  • Survey: T. 25 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 27
  • Elevation: 329
  • Civil township: Duck Creek
  • USGS Quad: Dudley (Not shown)
• Alhambra (Historical)
  • Located somewhere northwest of Bloomfield
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°55'46" N, 90°00'02" W
  • Survey: T. 26 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 6
  • Elevation: 450
  • Civil township: Castor
  • USGS Quad: Acorn Ridge (Not shown)
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Aquilla (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the junction of MO 25 and Route M north of Bloomfield
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°56'49" N, 89°54'53" W
  • Civil township: Castor
  • School district: Bloomfield R-14
  • USGS Quad: Bloomfield
  • Named after the Biblical figure, Aquila. It's not clear why the extra L was added to the spelling.
  • Post office: Jan. 18, 1892 - Jan. 31, 1908
• Ardeola (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 341(?) southwest of Bell City
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°00'04" N, 89°51'10" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 11 E., Sec. 10
  • Civil township: Pike
  • School district: Bell City R-2
  • USGS Quad: Bell City
• Asherville (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: St. Francisville
  • Located on Route J one mile west of MO 51
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°53'55" N, 90°11'14" W
  • Survey: T. 26 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 15
  • Elevation: 441
  • Civil township: Duck Creek
  • School district: Puxico R-8
  • USGS Quad: Puxico
  • Maps: 1861 (St. Francisville), 1872 (St. Francisville), 1877 (Shows Asherville), 1880 (Shows Asherville), and 1944 (Shows Asherville)
• Avert (Unincorporated)
  • Located along Route AB between MO 25 and Guam
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°55'46" N, 89°50'52" W
  • Elevation: 337
  • Civil township: Castor
  • School district: Bloomfield R-14
  • USGS Quad: Clines Island
• Baker (Village)
  • Population: 5 (Change since 1990: -37.5%)
  • Located on Route HH east of MO 153
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°46'25" N, 89°45'41" W
• Beattietown (Historical)
  • Maps: 1866, 1869, and 1871
• Bell City (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 461 (Change since 1990: -1.7%)
  • Located at intersection MO 91 and Route N
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°01'26" N, 89°49'10" W
• Bernie (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 1,777 (Change since 1990: -3.8%)
  • Located on MO 25 between Dexter and Malden
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°40'15" N, 89°58'10" W
  • Name origin: Bernice Crumb
  • Founded: ca. 1889 by George Crumb
  • Post office: Jan. 21, 1889 - Now
• Birds Corner (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route AB between Route N and Route Y southeast of Clines Island
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°53'23" N, 89°45'49" W
  • Elevation: 305
  • Civil township: Richland
  • School district: Richland R-1
  • USGS Quad: Clines Island
• Blackburn (Historical)
  • Located somewhere south of Dudley, probably along Route ZZ
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°44'23" N, 90°05'41" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 9
  • Elevation: 323
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • USGS Quad: Powe (Not shown)
• Bloomfield (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 1,952 (Change since 1990: +8.4%)
  • Located on MO 25 north of Dexter
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°53'16" N, 89°55'48" W
  • Name origin: Flowers
  • Founded: 1835
• Bluff (Historical)
  • Located south of Brownwood and northwest of Swinton
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°02'38" N, 89°57'18" W
  • Survey: T. 28 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 33
  • Elevation: 352
  • Civil township: Pike
  • USGS Quad: Advance (Not shown)
  • Station on the Zalma Branch railroad
  • Maps: 1920 Clason and 1930 Frisco
• Boone (Historical)
  • Located near Powe
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°40'20" N, 90°05'48" W
  • Survey: T. 23 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 4
  • Elevation: 325
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • USGS Quad: Powe (Not shown)
• Bradhams (Historical)
  • Located about a mile southwest of Maulsby along the old railroad grade
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°37'53" N, 89°49'05" W
  • Survey: T. 23 N., R. 11 E., Sec. 13
  • Elevation: 283
  • Civil township: Elk
  • USGS Quad: Hills Store (Not shown)
• Bradyville (Historical)
  • Probably located near the intersecton Route H and Route ZZ
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°43'16" N, 90°05'43" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 16
  • Elevation: 323
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • USGS Quad: Powe (Not shown)
• Brownwood (Unincorporated)
  • Located southwest of Advance along Route BB south of Route C
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°04'51" N, 89°57'16" W
  • Elevation: 353
  • Civil township: Pike
  • School district: Advance R-4
  • USGS Quad: Advance
• Buffington (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection MO 114 (Old US 60} and Route CC
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°49'50" N, 89°44'35" W
  • Survey: T. 25 N., R. 12 E., Sec. 3, 10
  • Elevation: 300
  • Civil township: Richland
  • School district: Richland R-1
  • USGS Quad: Morehouse
• Bunker Hill (Historical)
  • Located along MO 25 north of Bernie
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°42'21" N, 89°58'11" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 22
  • Elevation: 306
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • USGS Quad: Bernie (Benchmark shown)
  • Point on the Cotton Belt Illmo Line
• Charter Oak (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Charteroak
  • Located on Route A east of MO 153 at the crossing of the old railroad grade
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°42'55" N, 89°43'11" W
  • Elevation: 291
  • Civil township: Elk
  • School district: Richland R-1
  • USGS Quad: Charter Oak
• Christy (Historical)
  • Located just northeast of Bloomfield
  • Maps: 1895 McNally and 1911
• Circle City (Unincorporated)
  • Had a population of 154 in 1980
  • Located near the intersection of Route E and N
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°51'24" N, 89°48'08" W
  • Civil township: Richland
  • School district: Richland R-1
  • USGS Quad: Essex
  • The name comes from the fact that the town was laid out in a circle
• Claud (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Claude
  • Located between Charter Oak and La Valle
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°42'06" N, 89°44'12" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 12 E., Sec. 23
  • Elevation: 285
  • Civil township: Elk
  • USGS Quad: Charter Oak (Not shown)
  • Map: 1928 Frisco
• Clines Island (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection of Route AB and Route N along Castor River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°54'14" N, 89°47'37" W
  • Elevation: 312
  • Civil township: Richland
  • School district: Richland R-1
  • USGS Quad: Clines Island
• Cobb (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Cobbs Station
  • Located at intersection Route T and Route J southwest of Mingo
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°55'03" N, 90°12'48" W
  • Survey: T. 26 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 8
  • Elevation: 344
  • Civil township: Duck Creek
  • School district: Puxico R-8
  • USGS Quad: Puxico
  • Station on the Hoxie Branch railroad southwest of Mingo
• Crossroads (Historical)
  • Post office and store during the 1870's
  • Alternate name: Hodge's Store
  • Located east of Asherville, near the northern intersection of MO 51 and Route J
  • Survey: T. 26 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 15
  • USGS Quad: Puxico (Couple stretches of old road alignments shown)
• Curdton (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route PP east of Puxico
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°57'52" N, 90°03'19" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 27
  • Civil township: New Lisbon
  • School district: Puxico R-8
  • USGS Quad: Acorn Ridge
  • Probably named for James Curd, first postmaster
• Dale (Historical)
  • The post office located here was called Reece (sometimes spelled Reese)
  • Alternate name: Reece
  • Located near the old railroad alignment (now County Road 499) just beyond the end of Route AE
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°52'48" N, 90°14'33" W
  • Survey: T. 26 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 19
  • Civil township: Duck Creek
  • USGS Quad: Puxico
  • Saw mill village on the Hoxie Branch (Frisco) just northeast of the St. Francois River crossing
  • Named after John Dale, prominent regional timber merchant.
  • Maps: 1912 (Reece), 1918 (Reece), 1928 Frisco (Dale), and 1944 (Reece)
  • Sources: Moser (Erroneously lists Dale in Butler Co.) and GNIS (Shows Dale and Reece Post Office with exact same latitude/longitude)
• Day (Historical)
  • Located between Zeta and Idalia
  • Maps: 1895 McNally, 1902, and 1911
• Demmittville (Historical)
  • Located near the intersection MO 153 and Route A
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 11 E., Sec. 13
  • Map: MoDOT
• Dexter (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 7,356 (Change since 1990: -2.7%)
  • Located near junction of US 60 and MO 25
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°47'48" N, 89°57'45" W
  • Name origin: Racehorse named Dexter
  • Founded: July 4, 1873 by the Cairo, Arkansas and Texas Railroad Co.
• Dexter Junction (Historical)
  • Located just east of Dexter
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°48'01" N, 89°56'26" W
  • Survey: T. 25 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 23
  • Elevation: 314
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • USGS Quad: Dexter (Benchmark shown)
  • Junction of the Iron Mountain C.A.T. Line and the Cotton Belt Illmo Branch
• Dudley (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 289 (Change since 1990: +6.6%)
  • Located near interchange of US 60, Route TT, and Route WW west of Dexter
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°47'24" N, 90°05'32" W
  • Post office: Dec. 17, 1879 - Now
• Durnell (Historical)
  • Located at the intersection of Route N and Route Y
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°58'07" N, 89°48'51" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 11 E., Sec. 24
  • Elevation: 311
  • Civil township: Pike
  • USGS Quad: Clines Island (Not shown)
  • Map: MoDOT
• Eaglette (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Eaglelette
  • Located southwest of Sturdivant near the old railroad grade crossing of Cato Slough
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°02'08" N, 90°02'22" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 9 E., Sec 2
  • Civil township: New Lisbon
  • USGS Quad: Sturdivant
  • Station on the Cape Girardeau Southwestern Line between Sturdivant and Kinder
• Elkville (Historical)
  • Post office ca. 1908
• Essex (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 524 (Change since 1990: -1.3%)
  • Located at the intersection of MO 114 and Route FF between Dexter and Grayridge
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°48'43" N, 89°51'45" W
• Exchange (Historical)
  • Post office in the early 1880's
• Ezell (Historical)
  • Located somewhere northwest of Bloomfield, possibly within Crowleys Ridge Conservation Area
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°56'42" N, 89°59'01" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 32
  • Elevation: 390
  • Civil township: New Lisbon
  • USGS Quad: Bloomfield (Not shown)
  • Probably named for Jonathan Ezell, first postmaster
• Foleys (Historical)
  • Located just southwest of Eaglette
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°01'51" N, 90°02'56" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 2
  • Elevation: 347
  • Civil township: New Lisbon
  • USGS Quad: Sturdivant (Benchmark shown)
  • Point on the Cape Girardeau Southwestern Line between Kinder and Eaglette
• Frisco (Historical)
  • Located at the end of Route KK south of Essex
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°45'32" N, 89°51'44" W
  • Elevation: 294
  • Civil township: Elk
  • USGS Quad: Essex
  • Map: MoDOT
• Givens (Historical)
  • Located about one mile northeast of Kinder
  • Station on Hunter Branch between Eaglette and Kinder
• Grayridge (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Gray Ridge
  • Located at intersection MO 114 and Route AH just south of US 60
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°49'27" N, 89°46'51" W
  • Civil township: Richland
  • School district: Richland R-1
  • USGS Quad: Essex
• Green Oaks (Unincorporated)
  • Located just off US 60 between Fisk and Dudley
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°47'17" N, 90°09'51" W
  • Survey: T. 25 N., R. 8. E., Sec. 26
  • Elevation: 329
  • Civil township: Duck Creek
  • School district: Twin Rivers R-10
  • USGS Quad: Fisk
• Guam (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Paront
  • Located on Route AB west of Route N at crossing over Cotton Belt railroad
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°54'07" N, 89°49'25" W
  • Civil township: Castor
  • School district: Bloomfield R-14
  • USGS Quad: Clines Island
• Hazel (Historical)
  • Located on MO 25 less than a mile north of the Route D/Route H intersection
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°44'37" N, 89°57'50" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 10
  • Elevation: 308
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • USGS Quad: Bernie (Benchmark shown)
  • Point on Cotton Belt Illmo Line
• Headquarters (Historical)
  • Located on MO 51 southwest of Kinder
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°00'40" N, 90°05'11" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 4
  • Elevation: 342
  • Civil township: New Lisbon
  • USGS Quad: Sturdivant (Not shown)
  • Station on the Cape Girardeau Southwestern Line (Frisco) between Idlewild and Kinder
• Heagy (Unincorporated)
  • Located near the intersection of MO 91 and Route P northeast of Bell City
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°02'18" N, 89°48'10" W
  • Civil township: Pike
  • USGS Quad: Bell City
  • Station on the Cotton Belt Illmo Branch
  • Named for Louis Heagy, landowner
  • Source: Ramsay (p. 80)
• Hickman (Unincorporated)
  • Located along MO 51 southwest of Idlewild
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°59'26" N, 90°07'01" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 18
  • Civil township: Duck Creek
  • School district: Puxico R-8
  • USGS Quad: Acorn Ridge
  • Station on the Hunter Branch between Lemings and Idlewild
• Hills Store (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 153 near Route A intersection
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°43'11" N, 89°48'32" W
  • Civil township: Elk
  • School district: Richland R-1
  • USGS Quad: Hills Store
• Himmel (Historical)
  • Located on a county road just west of Route DD
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°58'34" N, 89°45'10" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 12 E., Sec. 22
  • Elevation: 311
  • Civil township: Pike
  • USGS Quad: Clines Island
  • Map: MoDOT
• Hunterville (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the intersection of MO 114 (Old US 60) and MO 153
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°49'14" N, 89°48'27" W
  • Civil township: Richland
  • School district: Richland R-1
  • USGS Quad: Essex
• Idalia (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route FF just south of Route E and north of Essex
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°51'50" N, 89°51'39" W
  • Civil township: Castor
  • School district: Bloomfield R-14
  • USGS Quad: Essex
  • Named after Ida Bedford, daughter of Henry H. Bedford, landowner, lawyer, and state representative
  • Map: 1889 Polk
• Idlewild (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 51 between Hickman and Kinder
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°00'13" N, 90°06'14" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 8
  • Civil township: Duck Creek
  • School district: Puxico R-8
  • USGS Quad: Sturdivant
• Indiana Spur (Historical)
  • Located about a mile west of Himmel along old railroad grade
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°58'24" N, 89°46'17" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 12 E., Sec. 21
  • Elevation: 308
  • Civil township: Pike
  • USGS Quad: Clines Island (Not shown)
• Ithaca (Historical)
  • Post office in the 1890's
• Ives (Historical)
  • Located just off US 60 between Fisk and Dudley
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°47'07" N, 90°09'51" W
  • Survey: T. 25 N., R. 8. E., Sec. 26
  • Elevation: 329
  • Civil township: Duck Creek
  • USGS Quad: Fisk
• Kinder (Unincorporated)
  • Located near the intersection of MO 51 and Route K
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°00'57" N, 90°04'41" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 4
  • Elevation: 343
  • Civil township: New Lisbon
  • School district: Puxico R-8
  • USGS Quad: Sturdivant
  • Station on the Cape Girardeau Southwestern Line between Idlewild and Eaglette
• La Valle (Unincorporated)
  • Located just off Route Z northeast of Maulsby along the old railroad grade
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°40'31" N, 89°46'25" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 12 E., Sec. 33
  • Civil township: Elk
  • School district: New Madrid County R-1
  • USGS Quad: Hills Store
• Lake Blanch (Historical)
  • Post office -- unknown date
  • Located about 1 mile east of Duck Creek Missionary Baptist Church, north of Route PP
  • Civil township: Duck Creek
• Lemings (Historical)
  • Located about two miles northeast of Puxico
  • Station on the Hunter Branch between Puxico and Hickman
  • Map: 1911
• Leora (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Castorville
  • Located south of Sturdivant on Route M just south of the Route K junction
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°00'01" N, 90°01'05" W
  • Civil township: New Lisbon
  • School district: Bloomfield R-14
  • USGS Quad: Sturdivant (Also shown on Acorn Ridge quad)
  • Maps: 1861 (Castorville), 1880 (Castorville and "Leene"), 1889 Polk (Castorville), 1895 McNally (Shows Leora), 1897 Galbraith (Shows Leora), and 1904 McNally (Shows Leora)
• Marco (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 153 between Route D and Route HH
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°44'52" N, 89°48'29" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 12 E., Sec. 6
  • Civil township: Elk
  • School district: Richland R-1
  • USGS Quad: Hills Store
• Martin Hills (Unincorporated)
  • Route AB has a road sign for Martin Hills. Is this a modern name for Guam?
  • Located on Route AB just west of the Cotton Belt railroad crossing near Guam
• Maulsby (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 153 north of Parma at intersection with old railroad grade
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°38'47" N, 89°48'36" W
  • Civil township: Elk
  • School district: New Madrid County R-1
  • USGS Quad: Hills Store
• Messler (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Fleetwood
  • Alternate name: Mesler
  • Located on Route P between Painton and Bell City
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°03'58" N, 89°48'12" W
  • Elevation: 323
  • Civil township: Pike
  • School district: Bell City R-2
  • USGS Quad: Bell City
  • Map: 1904 McNally (Shows the town as Fleetwoot)
• Miller (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Millers
  • Located just north of Bunker Hill
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°43'15" N, 89°57'58" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 15
  • Elevation: 307
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • USGS Quad: Bernie (Not shown)
  • Point on Illmo Line north of Bernie
• Mingo (Historical)
  • Previously known as: Grindle
  • Located near Route T at back entrance to Mingo N.W.R.
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°56'14" N, 90°12'00" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 33
  • Civil township: Duck Creek
  • USGS Quad: Puxico
  • Junction of Hoxie Branch and Cape Girardeau Southwestern Line southwest of Puxico
  • Map: MoDOT
• Missouri City (Historical)
  • Located somewhere southwest of Dexter
  • Maps: 1865, 1872 Colton, 1872, and 1881 Chester RR
• Moccasin Flats (Unincorporated)
  • Cluster of houses along the St. Francis River at the end of Moccasin Flats Road south of County Road 499.
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°51'50" N, 90°14'07" W
  • Elevation: 337
  • Civil township: Duck Creek
  • School district: Puxico R-8
  • USGS Quad: Fisk (Not shown)
• Olio (Historical)
  • Post office during the early 1850s.
• Out (Historical)
  • Located along MO 25 north of Bernie
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°42'47" N, 89°57'56" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 22
  • Elevation: 308
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • USGS Quad: Bernie (Benchmark shown)
  • Point on Cotton Belt Illmo Line
• Painton (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Paradise
  • Located at the intersection of Route P and Route O north of Bell City
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°04'56" N, 89°47'41" W
  • Civil township: Pike
  • School district: Bell City R-2
  • USGS Quad: Bell City
  • Named for town founder Albert Painton
  • Maps: 1904 McNally (Paradise) and 1944
• Penermon (Village)
  • Population: 75 (Change since 1990: -20.2%)
  • Located at the intersection CR 718 and CR 775 southeast of Essex
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°47'22" N, 89°49'37" W
• Piketon (Historical)
  • Previously known as: Spring Hill
  • Located somewhere northeast of Bloomfield, possibly between Tillman and Ardeola.
  • Civil township: Pike
  • Maps: 1861 (Shows Piketon), 1865 (Piketon and Spring Hill), 1880 (Pikeston and Spring Hill), 1886 (Piketon and Spring Hill), 1886 McNally (Shown south of Tillman), and 1889 Polk (Shown northwest of Ardeola)
• Powe (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route U about a mile west of Route H
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°39'33" N, 90°05'48" W
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • School district: Bernie R-13
  • USGS Quad: Powe
  • Map: MoDOT
• Proffers (Historical)
  • Located just to the east of CR 223 along the old railroad alignment
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°58'35" N, 89°55'59" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 23
  • Elevation: 349
  • Civil township: Pike
  • USGS Quad: Bloomfield (Benchmark shown)
  • Point on the Brownwood Branch railroad between Aquilla and Zadock
  • Maps: 1904 McNally and 1930 Frisco
• Puxico (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 1,145 (Change since 1990: +39.8%)
  • Located at the intersection of MO 51 and Route PP
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°57'02" N, 90°09'31" W
  • Name origin: Chief Pucksekaw
  • Founded: 1883
  • Post office: Jan. 3, 1884 - Now
• Pyletown (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Pyle
  • Located on Route H between Route ZZ and MO 25
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°43'29" N, 90°01'07" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 18
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • School district: Dexter R-11
  • USGS Quad: Powe
  • Probably named for Stephen Pyle, first postmaster
  • Maps: 1904 McNally (Pyle) and MoDOT
• Ralph (Historical)
  • Post office in 1896
• Randol (Historical)
  • Located on a county road just off US 60 west of Dudley
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°47'13" N, 90°07'48" W
  • Survey: T. 25 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 30
  • Elevation: 326
  • Civil township: Duck Creek
  • USGS Quad: Fisk (Not shown)
  • Point on the C.A.T. Line between Fisk and Dudley
  • Map: MoDOT
• Redd (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the junction of CR 442 and CR 467 west of Route F and northwest of Dexter
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°50'52" N, 90°03'38" W
  • Elevation: 339
  • Civil township: Duck Creek
  • School district: Dexter R-11
  • USGS Quad: Dudley
  • Maps: 1928 Frisco and 1930 Frisco
• Rexford (Historical)
  • Post office in the early 1880's
• Rum Creek (Historical)
  • Post office in the late 1850's
• Shady Dell (Unincorporated)
  • Located between Toppertown and Shawan along Route Y just west of Route N
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°57'50" N, 89°49'21" W
  • Elevation: 312
  • Civil township: Pike
  • School district: Bell City R-2
  • USGS Quad: Clines Island
• Shawan (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the intersection of Route P and Route Y
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°57'50" N, 89°46'47" W
  • Elevation: 308
  • Civil township: Pike
  • School district: Bell City R-2
  • USGS Quad: Clines Island
• Sherry (Historical)
  • Located somewhere southwest of Bloomfield
  • Maps: 1904 McNally and 1911
• Shover (Historical)
  • Located south of Dudley, probably along Route H
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°41'24" N, 90°05'45" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 28
  • Elevation: 321
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • USGS Quad: Powe (Not shown)
  • Station on the Campbell Branch between Bradyville and Shreve
• Shreve (Historical)
  • Located just south of Powe near Dunklin County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°38'46" N, 90°05'45" W
  • Survey: T. 23 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 9
  • Elevation: 326
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • USGS Quad: Powe (Not shown)
• Slicer (Historical)
  • Post office
  • Probably named for Enoch Slicer, first postmaster
• St. Luke (Historical)
  • The C.A.T. Line was originally planned to pass through St. Luke. However, when the railroad line was finally extended, it took a more northerly route through present-day Dexter, bypassing St. Luke.
  • Alternate name: Saint Lukes
  • Located about 2 miles south of Dexter
  • Maps: 1866, 1869 (Shown as St. Lukes), 1872, and 1880
• Star Switch (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Star
  • Located on CR 499 (old railroad grade) just southwest of the bridge over Mingo Ditch
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°53'52" N, 90°13'43" W
  • Survey: T. 26 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 18
  • Civil township: Duck Creek
  • USGS Quad: Puxico
  • Switch on the Hoxie Branch (Frisco railroad) between Dale and Cobb
• Stoddard (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the intersection CR 867 and Grant Road west of Dexter
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°47'29" N, 90°02'03" W
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • School district: Dexter R-11
  • USGS Quad: Dudley
  • Map: MoDOT
• Swinton (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route K east of Route BB
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°01'40" N, 89°56'41" W
  • Elevation: 394
  • Civil township: New Lisbon
  • School district: Advance R-4
  • USGS Quad: Advance
• Tillman (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Tilman
  • Located on Route OO at the southern intersection with CR 309
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°03'19" N, 89°51'51" W
  • Civil township: Pike
  • School district: Bell City R-2
  • USGS Quad: Bell City
  • Probably named for John Tilman, first postmaster
• Toga (Unincorporated)
  • See Advance for the history of Toga.
  • Located on MO 25 northeast of Advance
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°06'58" N, 89°53'05" W
  • Elevation: 349
  • Civil township: Pike
  • School district: Advance R-4
  • USGS Quad: Advance
  • Named for Toga Bill Rhodes, local resident
  • Map: MoDOT
• Toppertown (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Topper
  • Located at intersection Route Y and CR 351 west of Route N
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°57'47" N, 89°50'28" W
  • Elevation: 314
  • Civil township: Pike
  • School district: Bell City R-2
  • USGS Quad: Clines Island
  • Map: MoDOT
• Vinson (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Vincin
  • Located at the end of Route VV
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°42'04" N, 89°52'20" W
  • Elevation: 289
  • Civil township: Elk
  • USGS Quad: Hills Store (Benchmark shown)
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• West Prairie (Historical)
  • Name might be connected with East Prairie
  • Located in the southern part of the county south of Dexter and Bloomfield
  • Maps: 1851 Williams, 1855, 1857 Johnson, 1862 Colton, 1869, and 1877
• Williams (Historical)
  • Located southeast of Avert near Williams Creek
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°55'15" N, 89°49'52" W
  • Survey: T. 26 N., R. 11 E., Sec. 2
  • Elevation: 325
  • Civil township: Castor
  • USGS Quad: Clines Island (Not shown)
• Wye (Historical)
  • Post office in the mid 1890's
• Zadock (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Oak Ridge
  • Located on CR 260 between MO 25 and Route BB
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°59'20" N, 89°56'14" W
  • Civil township: Pike
  • School district: Bell City R-2
  • USGS Quad: Bloomfield
  • Post office: ca.1892-1916
• Zeta (Historical)
  • Previously known as: Bridges
  • Alternate name: Lozeta
  • Located about half a mile south of the Route Y crossing of the Cotton Belt railroad
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°57'20" N, 89°52'05" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 11 E, Sec. 28
  • Elevation: 320
  • Civil township: Pike
  • USGS Quad: Clines Island (Benchmark shown)
  • Switch between the Cotton Belt Illmo Line and the Frisco Campbell Branch. Now called "Lozeta" by railroad officials and is located 2.0 miles north of Avert and 2.8 miles south of Ardeola along the Cotton Belt tracks.
  • Named for the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
  • Founded: ca. 1894 by George Crumb
  • Maps: 1895 McNally, 1902, 1904 McNally (Zeta Sta. or Bridges P.O.), 1912 (Bridges), and 1930 Frisco
  • Source: Stoddard Ghost Towns
• Zif (Historical)
  • Post office in the early 1860's

History

Name origin

Named after Amos Stoddard, first American civil commandant of Upper Louisiana

Demographics