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Skidmore is a city in western Nodaway County, Missouri, United States. The population was 245 at the 2020 Census . The small farming community is known for the unsolved extrajudicial killing of Ken Rex McElroy , and 2 other murders which reached nationwide headlines.
St. Oswald's Protestant Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located in southeastern Atchison County, Missouri. It is located about eight miles west of Skidmore and ten miles north of Mound City. It was built in 1892, and is a one-story, cruciform plan, Shingle style building on a brick foundation. It is sheathed in rough-sawn ...
A post office called Yatesville was established in 1879, the name was changed to Yates in 1882, and the post office closed in 1954. [2] The community has the name of George Yates, the original owner of the town site. [3] The Battle of Roan's Tan Yard occurred near the site of Yates.Weeks, Michael (2009). The Complete Civil War Road Trip Guide ...
Nodaway County is a county located in the northwest part of Missouri.As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,241. [1] Its county seat is Maryville. [2] The county was organized February 14, 1845, and is named for the Nodaway River. [3]
Kenneth Rex McElroy (June 1, 1934 – July 10, 1981) was an American criminal and convicted attempted murderer who resided in Skidmore, Missouri, United States.He was known as "the town bully", [1] and his unsolved killing became the focus of international attention.
Nodaway-Holt R-VII School District is a school district headquartered in Graham, Missouri, and has Graham, Maitland, and Skidmore in its attendance boundary. It operates an elementary school in Maitland and a junior-senior high school in Graham, with the latter including the district headquarters.
Known as the town bully, Ken Rex McElroy terrorized tiny Skidmore, Missouri, for decades.On July 10, 1981, the town had had enough and 60 people surrounded his pick-up truck and shot him dead on Main Street--but no one claimed to have seen a thing.
Barnard is located in southern Nodaway County on the east bank of the One Hundred and Two River at the intersection of Missouri routes M and WW approximately 2.5 miles east of US Route 71. Guilford is 4.5 miles east on route M and Bolckow is four miles to the south in northern Andrew County. [9]