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Cape Girardeau County Place Names, Subscribe to our emails. Follow us on social media facebook twitter youtube instagram. All rights Reserved. Subfooter Menu. A rural school in the southern part of Cape Girardeau Township, named for J. Alfred Abernathy, son of a pioneer, Hamilton Abernathy, who came here in from Virginia.
Kiehne, Goodspeed, Hope. Hamlett, Mayme L. Andrew Franks received a concession of land here in The principal streets were named Renfroe Avenue, for the Renfroe brothers, who were prominent farmers; Penny Street for William Penny, who came from Wales in and settled in this neighborhood; and Rodney Street for Martin Rodney or Rodner an early settler who owned a large farm south of the town. The town was named for Thomas Allen , who projected and built more than 1, miles of railroad.
Thomas Allen was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, studied law in New York and was admitted to the bar in In he established a newspaper in Washington, D. From Mr. Allen served in the State Senate. He was president of the St. A covered bridge near Allenville over Whitewater River. It was built in , the year the town was laid out by R. Colgan, contractor. The bridge was condemned as unsafe in , but remained as a landmark. April, , Putz. A settlement in the northern part of Apple Creek Township in ; named for Apple Creek near which it is located.
Campbell , Putz. Thomas Parish Green was instrumental in organizing the church. Douglass I , , , Goodspeed , Hope. Douglass I , Goodspeed In the northern part of the county, this Township was erected in from part of Byrd Township. The territory was changed in when Union Township was created, and retained in when the entire system of townships was revised. It is named for Apple Creek q.
Douglass I , County Court Record. A rural school in the northern part of Apple Creek Township, so named from its location in the valley of Apple Creek q. A post office and community in the southern part of Welch Township, on the St. Louis, San Francisco Railroad. A post office has been maintained since The only suggested solution to the name is that a brush arbor existed there when a name was submitted to the post office authorities.
Brush arbors were frequently used for summer revival meetings held by most churches. Hitt, Hamlett. A small village in the northern part of Apple Creek Township. A post office was established as early as and named by the German settlers of the community for Arnsberg in Westphalia, Germany. Eaton, Postal Guide, Putz. A ferry landing and small settlement in the southeast part of Randol Township on the Mississippi River. It was established before and named for the Bainbridge family who lived there and operated a ferry, which was very important for travelers between Kentucky and the upper end of Arkansas.
It has disappeared since the building of the Cape Girardeau Bridge in Putz, Hayward, Wetmore. A post office was maintained here from until , and doubtless named for a prominent man of the community. May A. Bean was postmaster and storekeeper here in Postal Guide, Goodwin. A post office in the central part of Byrd Township, established in and discontinued in Chester B. Davis was the merchant and first postmaster there. Macke, postmaster at Jackson, and son of a pioneer, believes the post office was named for Chester B.
Davis, spelling out as Bee his middle initial, which was often used as his name. Postal Guide, Goodspeed, Macke. It was organized July 19, by Rev. Daniel Green, and is considered the first permanent church organization in Missouri.
Bethel means "House of God. A bend in the Mississippi River two and a half miles north of Cape Girardeau, an important landmark, probably named by the early voyagers from its natural features. It is mentioned in the early County Court records, and here Giradot established a trading post as early as Frederick Recker. Conard , County Court Records , Goodspeed A salt lick on Ramsay Creek in the early days in the county. Nicholas Revielle owned the place known as Big Lick in Houck II A rural school in the southeast part of Whitewater Township, located near a big spring from which it is named.
A bottom about three miles wide located immediately south of the city of Cape Girardeau and called by the French Grand Marais, or Big Swamp. The Americans translated the word "marais" literally in this case, though elsewhere "marais" was translated as "lake" or "pond. Houck II , Sp. Regime II , McDermott. A village in the southeast part of Welch Township on the Frisco Railroad. It was named for the family of E. Blomeyer, early settlers. Eaton, E. Blomeyer, Putz.
A large deep hole formed from the quarrying of rock by the Marquette Cement Company located here on Highway It was a favorite swimming resort until it became dry about The name Shawnee is from the main stream of which this creek is a branch, and "blue" indicates the clarity of the water, reflecting the sky. A mill on Whitewater River at the edge of the village of Burfordville q. Major George Bollinger built the original mill of logs in In the present millhouse of stone and brick was erected.
The mill is still operated by water power as a custom mill. Hamlett, M. April, A small community in the eastern part of Kinder Township. A post office was maintained here from until , and named for one of the early settlers, Groves W. Bowman, who came to this county in the s from North Carolina. Eaton, Douglas I An elementary school in the city of Cape Girardeau established in near the western end of Broadway, from which it is named.
It was also called West Broadway. The school building was abandoned in Brooks, a farmer, who is the son of Hardy Brooks who came here in Kiehne, Goodspeed, County Court Record.
The stream rises in the north-central part of the county, flows north, and empties into Hughes Creek. It is named for the buckeye bushes which are numerous along the banks of the stream.
Buckeye aesculus glabra , the American horse-chestnut, is so called because the hilum of the fruit has the appearance of a stag's eye.
Kiehne, County Map A village on Whitewater River, eight miles southwest of Jackson in the central part of Kinder Township.
The first settlement was made in by Major George Bollinger, who settled here with other Swiss German immigrants.
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