Wayne County, Missouri

Overview

• Population: 13,259 (Change since 1990: +14.9%)
• Created: December 11, 1818
• County seat: Greenville
• Largest town: Piedmont (Pop. 1,992)
• Highest point: Clark Mountain, about 1440 ft.
• Name origin: Gen. Anthony Wayne

Populated Places

• Barlow (Historical)
  • Located near the railroad tracks between Mill Spring and Williamsville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°00'50" N, 90°36'50" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 4 E., Sec. 3
  • Elevation: 460
  • Civil township: Mill Spring
  • USGS Quad: Piedmont SE (Not shown)
  • Point on the Iron Mountain Line
  • Maps: 1886 and 1920 Clason
• Barrett Switch (Historical)
  • Located on a county road west of Taskee Station and just southwest of Sloan Cemetery
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°59'44" N, 90°29'34" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 5 E., Sec. 14
  • Elevation: 429
  • Civil township: Black River
  • USGS Quad: Hendrickson (Benchmark shown)
  • Point on the Hunter Branch railroad between Williamsville and Taskee Station
• Beckville (Unincorporated)
  • Located within Piedmont city limits on the south side of town
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°08'38" N, 90°42'01" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 35
  • Elevation: 510
  • Civil township: Benton
  • School district: Clearwater R-1
  • USGS Quad: Piedmont (Not shown)
• Big Rock (Historical)
  • Located somewhere between Brunot and Lodi
  • Post office: July 8, 1912 - Apr. 15, 1915
  • Maps: 1918 and 1920 Clason
  • Source: Cramer (p. 310)
• Blum (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Theresa
  • Located between Williamsville and Hendrickson along the railroad, probably near "Emmatrude Lake"
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°57'20" N, 90°31'10" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 5 E., Sec. 28
  • Elevation: 380
  • Civil township: Williams
  • USGS Quad: Williamsville (Not shown)
  • Station on the Iron Mountain line
  • Henry Blum was the postmaster of the office here called Theresa
  • Post office: July 1, 1874 - Sept. 11, 1876 (Theresa)
  • Map: 1904 McNally
  • Sources: Cramer (p. 322 and 628)
• Bounds (Unincorporated)
  • Located on US 67 between Silva and Lodi
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°12'38" N, 90°27'45" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 5 E., Sec. 11
  • Elevation: 495
  • Civil township: St. Francois
  • School district: Greenville R-2
  • USGS Quad: Greenville
  • Post office: Nov. 22, 1877 - July 12, 1880; June 17, 1886 - Sept. 30, 1920; Mar. 2, 1921 - Mar. 1, 1935
  • Sources: Cramer (p. 310 and 625)
• Browns Crossing (Historical)
  • Located on MO 49 at the Black River crossing west of Williamsville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°58'19" N, 90°35'41" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 4 E., Sec. 23
  • Civil township: Williams
  • USGS Quad: Williamsville
• Brunot (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 143 east of Des Arc along the Iron County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°18'37" N, 90°32'47" W
  • Survey: T. 30 N., R. 5 E., Sec. 6
  • Elevation: 515
  • Civil township: Cedar Creek
  • School district: Clearwater R-1
  • USGS Quad: Brunot
  • Named for Felix R. Brunot of Pittsburgh who owned land nearby
  • Founded: Nov. 21, 1869 by Shadric Jones
  • Post office: June 12, 1858 - June 28, 1957
  • Sources: Cramer (p. 310-311 and 598-600)
• Burbank (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route E between Greenville and Lowndes
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°08'49" N, 90°22'13" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 6 E., Sec. 34
  • Civil township: St. Francois
  • School district: Greenville R-2
  • USGS Quad: Lowndes
  • Post office: July 25, 1908 - Mar. 31, 1954
  • Sources: Cramer (p. 311 and 618)
• Burch (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 207 between Route M and Route EE southeast of Coldwater
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°16'06" N, 90°21'16" W
  • Elevation: 668
  • Civil township: Cowan
  • School district: Greenville R-2
  • USGS Quad: Cascade (Not shown)
  • Named for the Burch family. George Burch was the first postmaster, followed by Mrs. Maggie Burch
  • Post office: Apr. 16, 1908 - Apr. 30, 1938
  • Map: 1920 Clason
  • Source: Cramer (p. 311)
• Carters (Historical)
  • Located somewhere south of Piedmont
• Carters Spur (Historical)
  • Located between Williamsville and Upalika
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°57'09" N, 90°36'39" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 4 E., Sec. 34
  • Elevation: 550
  • Civil township: Williams
  • USGS Quad: Williamsville (Not shown)
  • Point on the Hunter Branch railroad
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Cascade (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the intersection Route M and CR 204 south of the Madison County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°17'58" N, 90°16'09" W
  • Elevation: 528
  • Civil township: Cedar Creek
  • School district: Greenville R-2
  • USGS Quad: Cascade
  • Built at the terminus of the Ozark Valley Railroad
  • Source: Cramer (p. 620)
• Chaonia (Historical)
  • Now under Lake Wappapello
  • Previously known as: Wellsdale
  • Located on railroad between Wappapello and Williamsville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°58'55" N, 90°21'04" W
  • Elevation: 363
  • Civil township: Black River
  • USGS Quad: Wappapello (Shows Chaonia Landing Rec. Area)
  • Founded: 1887 by Peter Wells
  • Post office: Mar. 26, 1888 - Dec. 7, 1940
  • Maps: 1904 McNally and 1920 Clason
  • Sources: Goodspeed (p. 460, refers to Wellsdale), Cramer (p. 312, and 625)
• Chaonia Village (Unincorporated)
  • Place marked with road signs along MO 172 and Route W
  • Cluster of houses located along MO 172 and Route W south of historic Chaonia and the Chaonia Landing Recreation Area.
• Chilton (Historical)
  • Located west of Leeper
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°04'05" N, 90°45'06" W
  • Elevation: 495
  • Civil township: Mill Spring
  • USGS Quad: Ellington SE (Not shown)
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Clearwater (Historical)
  • This is the namesake of Clearwater Lake
  • Alternate name: Clear Water
  • Located between Piedmont and Mill Spring
  • Post office: Dec. 27, 1872 - Apr. 21, 1876 (Clear Water); Dec. 10, 1886 - Jan. 15, 1897 (Clearwater)
  • Maps: 1880 and 1888
  • Source: Cramer (p. 312)
• Clubb (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the intersection of MO 34 and Route C
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°12'52" N, 90°20'44" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 6 E., Sec. 1
  • Elevation: 546
  • Civil township: Cowan
  • School district: Greenville R-2
  • USGS Quad: Lowndes
  • Post office: June 20, 1892 - Oct. 31, 1959
  • Sources: Cramer (p. 312 and 617)
• Coldwater (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Cedar Creek
  • Alternate name: Cold Water
  • Located near intersection US 67 and Route EE
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°18'12" N, 90°24'35" W
  • Elevation: 502
  • Civil township: Cedar Creek
  • School district: Greenville R-2
  • USGS Quad: Coldwater
  • Post office: June 7, 1843 - Aug. 27, 1845 (Cedar Creek); Aug. 10, 1848 - July 30, 1864 (Cold Water); Nov. 28, 1865 - Mar. 31, 1894 (Cold Water); Mar. 31, 1894 - Feb. 10, 1967 (Coldwater)
  • Sources: Cramer (p. 313 and 597-98)
• Cool Springs (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Ladero
  • Located on CR 406 west of Taskee Station
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°59'45" N, 90°28'12" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 5 E., Sec. 13
  • Elevation: 420
  • Civil township: Black River
  • USGS Quad: Hendrickson (Shows Cool Springs Church)
• Damon (Historical)
  • Located somewhere west of Patterson, possibly along MO 34
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 4 E., Sec. 9
  • Elevation: 498
  • Civil township: Logan
  • USGS Quad: Patterson (Not shown)
  • Named for Damon Taylor, who built a mill on Clark's Creek after the Civil War
  • Maps: 1897 Galbraith and 1904 McNally
  • Sources: Cramer (p. 313 and 624)
• Dees Town (Historical)
  • Located along Route V northeast of the intersection with Route A and north of Williamsville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°03'13" N, 90°32'37" W
  • Survey: T. 28 N., R. 5 E., Sec. 31
  • Elevation: 502
  • Civil township: Williams
  • USGS Quad: Piedmont SE (Shows Dees Chapel and Cemetery)
• Edwards (Historical)
  • Located along US 67 southwest of Old Greenville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°04'40" N, 90°28'49" W
  • Survey: T. 28 N., R. 5 E., Sec. 23
  • Elevation: 430
  • Civil township: St. Francois
  • USGS Quad: Greenville SW (Not shown)
  • Point on the Ozark Valley Line
  • Map: 1920 Clason
  • Source: Cramer (p. 630)
• Ferrys (Historical)
  • Now submerged under Lake Wappapello a short distance upstream from the dam
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°56'20" N, 90°17'17" W
  • Elevation: 355
  • Civil township: Lost Creek
  • USGS Quad: Wappapello (Does show a Ferry Point to the north)
  • Point on the Cape Girardeau Southwestern Line between Wappapello and Chaonia
• Gads Hill (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Zeitonia
  • Located along MO 49 between Des Arc and Piedmont
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°14'18" N, 90°41'48" W
  • Civil township: Benton
  • School district: Clearwater R-1
  • USGS Quad: Piedmont
  • Founded: November 1871 by George Creath
  • Post office: Feb. 28, 1872 - Sept. 19, 1874; Apr. 8, 1879 - May 14, 1887; May 14, 1887 - Apr. 2, 1906 (Zeitonia); Apr. 2, 1906 - Dec. 15, 1915; July 3, 1924 - Aug. 31, 1940
  • Sources: Cramer (p. 314, 323, and 623)
• Gaylor (Historical)
  • Located on county road north of Leeper
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°05'48" N, 90°42'50" W
  • Survey: T. 28 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 15
  • Elevation: 440
  • Civil township: Mill Spring
  • USGS Quad: Mill Spring (Not shown)
  • Point on the Iron Mountain line. May also have been a point on the Missouri Southern Line west of Leeper
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Grangeville (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Grangerville
  • Located southwest of Lowndes
  • Map: 1880
• Graphite (Historical)
  • Located along Route M southwest of Cascade
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°16'04" N, 90°17'41" W
  • Survey: T. 30 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 20
  • Elevation: 799
  • Civil township: Cowan
  • USGS Quad: Cascade (Not shown)
  • Post office: Aug. 21, 1908 - Aug. 15, 1912
  • Map: 1920 Clason
  • Source: Cramer (p. 314)
• Gravelton (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 204 east of Cascade
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°17'54" N, 90°15'14" W
  • Elevation: 505
  • Civil township: Cedar Creek
  • School district: Greenville R-2
  • USGS Quad: Cascade
  • Post office: Sept. 2, 1868 - Mar. 27, 1876; June 13, 1882 - Jan. 13, 1956
  • Sources: Cramer (p. 314 and 606)
• Greenville (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 451 (Change since 1990: +3.2%)
  • Located on US 67 near intersections with Route D and E
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°07'38" N, 90°26'54" W
  • Name origin: Fort Greene Ville, Ohio
  • Founded: ca. 1819
• Greenwood Valley (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Greenwood
  • Located just to the west of Leeper near Black River
  • Post office: Aug. 2, 1853 - Apr. 15, 1863
  • Maps: 1866, 1869 (Shows the town on the proposed Iron Mountain railroad), 1872, and 1874 (Shows "Greenwood")
  • Source: Cramer (p. 315)
• Hiram (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 224 just east of Route C
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°10'44" N, 90°18'53" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 18
  • Civil township: Cowan
  • School district: Greenville R-2
  • USGS Quad: Lowndes
  • Named for Hiram Holliday, a wealthy lumberman and founder of a railroad company
  • Post office: Apr. 24, 1900 - Now
  • Sources: Cramer (p. 315 and 619)
• Holliday (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Hilladay
  • Located east of Ellsinore
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°57'42" N, 90°40'55" W
  • Elevation: 675
  • Civil township: Williams
  • USGS Quad: Ellsinore (Not shown)
  • Point on the Hunter Branch railroad
• Holliday Landing (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the end of Route F
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°02'10" N, 90°25'22" W
  • Civil township: Black River
  • School district: Greenville R-2
  • USGS Quad: Greenville SW
  • Probably named for Hiram Holliday, a wealthy lumberman and founder of a railroad company.
• Hubert (Historical)
  • Located at the intersection of Route A and CR 373 southwest of Greenville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°03'19" N, 90°30'52" W
  • Survey: T. 28 N., R. 5 E., Sec. 33
  • Elevation: 638
  • Civil township: Williams
  • USGS Quad: Piedmont SE (Benchmark shown)
  • Point on the Ozark Valley Line railroad
  • Map: 1920 Clason
  • Source: Cramer (p. 316)
• Iron Bridge (Unincorporated)
  • The US Army Corps of Engineers maintains a gaging station here and labels this location as "Iron Bridge, Mo." in river stage reports.
  • Located at the CR 517 truss bridge (built 1911) over the St. Francis River, below Wappapello Dam and just south of Route T
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°55'41" N, 90°15'55" W
  • Survey: T. 26 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 2
  • Elevation: 358
  • Civil township: Lost Creek
  • School district: Puxico R-8
  • USGS Quad: Wappapello (Benchmark shown)
• Ivy (Historical)
  • Located somewhere northwest of Lowndes
  • Post office: Feb. 2, 1886 - July 12, 1887
  • Map: 1886
  • Source: Cramer (p. 316)
• Keener Cave (Historical)
  • Operated as a private resort featuring a cave on the side of Black River. Now closed to the public.
  • Alternate name: Keener
  • Located on private road off CR 417 beyond the end of Route JJ
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°55'45" N, 90°31'30" W
  • Survey: T. 26 N., R. 5 E., Sec. 4
  • Civil township: Williams
  • USGS Quad: Williamsville
• Kerrigan (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Granite Bend
  • Located near railroad tracks northwest of Williamsville near Barlow
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°00'20" N, 90°36'31" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 4 E., Sec. 10
  • Elevation: 580
  • Civil township: Mill Spring
  • USGS Quad: Piedmont SE (Not shown)
  • Station on the Iron Mountain Line
  • Post office: Jan. 18, 1884 - Nov. 15, 1934
  • Maps: 1886 (Shows "Kerrigan P.O. or Granite Bend"), 1888, 1904 McNally, and 1920 Clason
  • Sources: Cramer (p. 316 and 627)
• Kime (Unincorporated)
  • Located on a county road off Route BB near the intersection of Route D
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°03'04" N, 90°23'59" W
  • Survey: T. 28 N., R. 6 E., Sec. 33
  • Civil township: St. Francois
  • School district: Greenville R-2
  • USGS Quad: Greenville SW
  • Post office: May 13, 1904 - Oct. 31, 1914; July 25, 1916 - Jan. 20, 1937
  • Sources: Cramer (p. 316 and 629)
• Kyles (Historical)
  • Located on Route FF southeast of Patterson
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°08'20" N, 90°31'15" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 5 E., Sec. 32
  • Elevation: 500
  • Civil township: Logan
  • USGS Quad: Patterson (Not shown)
  • Post office: Apr. 14, 1892 - Oct. 31, 1933
  • Map: 1920 Clason
  • Sources: Cramer (p. 316 and 629)
• Leeper (Unincorporated)
  • Located near the intersection of MO 34 and MO 49 south of Piedmont
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°04'30" N, 90°42'28" W
  • Elevation: 452
  • Civil township: Mill Spring
  • School district: Clearwater R-1
  • USGS Quad: Mill Spring
  • Named for Capt. William T. Leeper
  • Post office: Nov. 24, 1885 - Oct. 20, 1967
  • Sources: Cramer (p. 316-317 and 616)
• Lodi (Unincorporated)
  • Located on US 67 between Coldwater and Silva
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°15'23" N, 90°27'10" W
  • Elevation: 432
  • Civil township: Cedar Creek
  • School district: Greenville R-2
  • USGS Quad: Coldwater
  • Source: Cramer (p. 618)
• Lowndes (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Hog Eye
  • Located on Route E east of Route P intersection
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°08'56" N, 90°15'48" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 27
  • Civil township: Cowan
  • School district: Greenville R-2
  • USGS Quad: Lowndes
  • Sources: Cramer (p. 317 and p. 594-596)
• McGee (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Mingo
  • Located just south of the intersection of Route P and Route TT
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°04'28" N, 90°11'44" W
  • Elevation: 395
  • Civil township: Jefferson
  • School district: Greenville R-2
  • USGS Quad: McGee
  • Sources: Puxico Press (Dec. 4 and 2002 Cletis Ellinghouse column)
• McGee P.O. (Unincorporated)
  • The post office was moved from McGee to here about 1955
  • Alternate name: Shady Dell
  • Located just off Route Z southwest of Arab and southeast of McGee
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°03'22" N, 90°08'32" W
  • Civil township: Jefferson
  • USGS Quad: McGee (Look for Shady Dell Church)
  • Sources: Puxico Press (Dec. 4 and 2002 Cletis Ellinghouse column)
• McKenzie (Historical)
  • Located north of Piedmont on the Iron Mountain railroad
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°11'17" N, 90°42'00" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 14
  • Elevation: 630
  • Civil township: Benton
  • USGS Quad: Piedmont (Not shown)
  • Map: 1895 McNally
• Mill Spring (Village)
  • Population: 219 (Change since 1990: -13.1%)
  • Located on MO 49 south of MO 34 and Leeper
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°03'48" N, 90°40'54" W
  • Founded: 1871 by the St. Louis & Iron Mtn. Railroad
  • Post office: Aug. 2, 1853 - June 2, 1874 (Otter Creek); June 2, 1874 - Now (Mill Spring)
• Missionary Acres (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 34 east of US 67
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°12'15" N, 90°25'15" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 6 E., Sec. 8
  • Civil township: St. Francois
  • School district: Greenville R-2
  • USGS Quad: Greenville
• Ojibway (Historical)
  • Located beyond the end of Route PP along Otter Creek
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°58'24" N, 90°24'32" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 6 E., Sec. 21
  • Elevation: 363
  • Civil township: Black River
  • USGS Quad: Hendrickson (Not shown)
  • Point on the Hunter Branch railroad
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Old Arab (Historical)
  • Former location of Arab post office, relocated to Bollinger County in 1943
  • Located southwest of Arab itself, probably near Route Z just off Route P
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°04'15" N, 90°07'10" W
  • Survey: T. 28 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 24-25
  • Elevation: 410
  • Civil township: Jefferson
  • USGS Quad: Sturdivant (Not shown)
  • Sources: Puxico Press (Dec. 4 and 2002 Cletis Ellinghouse column)
• Old Greenville (Historical)
  • Original location of Greenville; town relocated to higher ground about 1941 when Lake Wappapello was constructed. Now a historic site maintained by the US Army Corps of Engineers.
  • Located along US 67 near Lake Wappapello (St. Francis River) and the intersection with Route D south of modern Greenville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°06'03" N, 90°27'17" W
  • Elevation: 380
  • Civil township: St. Francois
  • USGS Quad: Greenville SW (Shows Old Greenville Cemetery)
  • Map: MoDOT
• Otter Creek (Historical)
  • Located between Leeper and Greenville along Otter Creek and Route V
  • Post office: Jan. 2, 1875 - Jan. 4, 1876; Nov. 24, 1885 - May 15, 1888
  • Sources: Cramer (p. 318 and 320)
• Patterson (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Springville, Virginia Settlement, The Cross Roads, , and Isbell's Store
  • Located at intersection MO 34 and Route FF east of Piedmont
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°11'18" N, 90°33'02" W
  • Civil township: Logan
  • School district: Clearwater R-1
  • USGS Quad: Patterson
  • Named for William Patterson, settler
  • Founded: ca. 1840
  • Map: 1857 Colton (Springville)
  • Source: Cramer (p. 320-21)
• Piedmont (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 1,992 (Change since 1990: -8.0%)
  • Located at intersection MO 34, MO 49, and Route HH
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°09'14" N, 90°41'45" W
  • Founded: 1871 by Thomas Allen
  • Post office: Feb. 8, 1872 - Now
• Platow (Historical)
  • Located on railroad north of Piedmont along McKenzie Creek
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°11'52" N, 90°42'22" W
  • Survey: T. 29 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 10
  • Elevation: 645
  • Civil township: Benton
  • USGS Quad: Piedmont (Benchmark shown)
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Pond (Historical)
  • Located west of Upalika
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°56'43" N, 90°39'33" W
  • Elevation: 730
  • Civil township: Williams
  • USGS Quad: Ellsinore (Not shown)
  • Point on the Hunter Branch railroad
• Rings (Historical)
  • Located along CR 332 southwest of Patterson along Rings Creek
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°10'22" N, 90°34'12" W
  • Elevation: 470
  • Civil township: Logan
  • USGS Quad: Patterson (Cluster of houses shown southeast of Rings Creek Cemetery)
• Sawyer (Historical)
  • Located on Route F northwest of Holliday Landing
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°03'15" N, 90°27'41" W
  • Survey: T. 28 N., R. 5 E., Sec. 36
  • Elevation: 638
  • Civil township: St. Francois
  • USGS Quad: Greenville SW (Benchmark shown)
• Schmaltz (Historical)
  • Located just north of Piedmont
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°10'23" N, 90°41'49" W
  • Elevation: 588
  • Civil township: Benton
  • USGS Quad: Piedmont (Not shown)
  • Point on the Iron Mountain railroad north of Piedmont
• Shook (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Lost Creek
  • Located on Route D between Greenville and Wappapello
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°02'34" N, 90°18'32" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 4
  • Civil township: Lost Creek
  • School district: Greenville R-2
  • USGS Quad: Shook
  • Sources: Cramer (p. 317, 321, and 614)
• Silva (Unincorporated)
  • Located near intersections US 67 and MO 34 east of Patterson
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°10'34" N, 90°27'49" W
  • Civil township: St. Francois
  • School district: Greenville R-2
  • USGS Quad: Greenville
  • Post office: Apr. 28, 1902 - Now
  • Sources: Cramer (p. 321 and 619)
• Spur Number 2 (Historical)
  • It's not clear where "Spur Number 1" might have been located
  • Located along the Iron Mountain Line at the crossing over Mill Creek next to Black River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°02'05" N, 90°39'21" W
  • Elevation: 427
  • Civil township: Mill Spring
  • USGS Quad: Mill Spring (Benchmark shown)
• Taskee Station (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Taskee
  • Located on county road just off US 67 north of the bridge over Otter Creek, but south of Taskee Church
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°59'33" N, 90°27'01" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 6 E., Sec. 18
  • Elevation: 394
  • Civil township: Black River
  • USGS Quad: Hendrickson (Benchmark shown)
  • Station on Hunter Branch railroad
  • Post office: Mar. 11, 1890 - June 30, 1941
  • Maps: 1912, 1920 Clason, and 1930 Frisco (Shown simply as Taskee)
  • Sources: Cramer (p. 322 and 626)
• Upalika (Unincorporated)
  • Located near the intersection of CR 426 and CR 427 southwest of Williamsville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°56'12" N, 90°38'21" W
  • Survey: T. 26 N., R. 4 E., Sec. 4
  • Elevation: 741
  • Civil township: Williams
  • School district: East Carter County R-2
  • USGS Quad: Ellsinore
  • Station on the Hunter Branch railroad
  • Post office: Nov. 11, 1892 - May 23, 1894; Dec. 20, 1899 - Aug. 31, 1927
  • Sources: Cramer (p. 322 and 627)
• Ursa (Historical)
  • Located on Turkey Creek south of Gravelton
  • Post office: Mar. 1, 1894 - Feb. 29, 1904
  • Maps: 1897 Galbraith and 1904 McNally
  • Source: Cramer (p. 322)
• Wappapello (Unincorporated)
  • Sprawled out along Route T and Route D near Wappapello Dam
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°56'08" N, 90°16'15" W
  • Elevation: 350
  • Civil township: Lost Creek
  • School district: Puxico R-8
  • USGS Quad: Wappapello
  • Station on the Hunter Branch railroad west of Mingo
  • Named after Wappepilese, a Shawnee chief. According to Houck, the name means "white bird".
  • Founded: by Samuel R. Kelley
  • Sources: Houck (vol. 1, p. 212), Cramer (p. 322, and 615)
• Williamsville (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 379 (Change since 1990: -3.1%)
  • Located at intersection MO 49 and Route A
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°58'22" N, 90°32'53" W
  • Name origin: William Williams
  • Founded: 1871 by Asia Williams
  • Post office: Jan. 13, 1873 - Now
• Wills (Historical)
  • Located west of Lowndes
  • Station on the Ozark Valley Line
  • Post office: Apr. 13, 1907 - Nov. 30, 1918
  • Maps: 1918 and 1920 Clason
  • Source: Cramer (p. 323)
• Wilsons Switch (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Wilsons
  • Located next to or underneath Lake Wappapello, probably near the original confluence of Otter Creek and the St. Francis River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°59'10" N, 90°23'09" W
  • Survey: T. 27 N., R. 6 E., Sec. 14
  • Elevation: 360
  • Civil township: Black River
  • USGS Quad: Hendrickson (Not shown)
  • Point on the Cape Girardeau Southwestern Line between Ojibway and Chaonia
  • Maps: 1895 McNally (Shows Wilsons), 1904 McNally (Shows Wilsons), and 1930 Frisco

History

Name origin

Named for Gen. Anthony Wayne, fought in the Revolutionary War and defeated the Indians in the Battle of Fallen Timbers.

Demographics