Ellenorah, Missouri

Ellenorah is an extinct town in Gentry County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.[1]

The community was located on the East Fork of the Grand River approximately six miles north of Albany.[2] Big Muddy Creek enters the East Fork one-half mile west of the community.[3]

A post office called Ellenorah was established in 1865, and remained in operation until 1898.[4] The community's name is an amalgamation of the first names of a settler's two daughters.[5] An early variant name was "Gay's Mill", after Jesse Gay, proprietor of a saw and gristmill.[6]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ellenorah
  2. ^ Albany North, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1984
  3. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 14, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  4. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  5. ^ "Gentry County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ The History of Gentry and Worth Counties, Missouri. National Historical Company. 1882. p. 183.

40°20′19″N 94°19′55″W / 40.33861°N 94.33194°W / 40.33861; -94.33194


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