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Horton was platted in 1883, and named after George Horton, a railroad official. [3] A variant name was "Cordz". [1] A post office called Cordz was established in 1886, and remained in operation until 1914. The Cordz name came about due to Henry V. C. Cordz, and his wife Nellie (Haaverson) Cordz, who served as postmistress. [4]
Canton is a city in Lewis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,774 at the 2020 census . [ 4 ] Canton is the home of Culver-Stockton College , a small liberal arts college affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) .
Horton is an Anglo-Saxon surname, deriving from the common English place-name Horton. It derives from Old English horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.
Horton most likely had its start when the railroad was extended to that point. [3] The community was named in 1890, most likely after a railroad man. [4] A post office was established at Horton in 1891, and remained in operation until 1996. [5]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lewis County, Missouri, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1]
Horton Town is an unincorporated community in Washington County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [ 1 ] The community has the name of the Horton family, original owners of the site.
The Little Osage River is an 88-mile-long (142 km) [3] tributary of the Osage River in eastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States. Via the Osage and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The name was derived from the Osage Nation, whose traditional territory encompassed this area. [4]
The following people were either born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Canton, Missouri. Pages in category "People from Canton, Missouri" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.