Historic Towns

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Historic Towns & Places

Name of Place	Description / History	Location	County(s)	Postal Service	Map Index
Cadmus	"Cadmus was a PO in Spring Creek T. It was named for Cadmus of Greek mythology. It was discontinued by 1938". (8)	South county, east of Gasconade River.	Maries	1895-1909	1897 1904 1913 1920
Canaan	1873 Post Road - From Hermann, by Drake, Owensville, Canaan, and High Grove, to Rolla. (15)	Between Bland and Owensville on Hwy 28.	Gasconade	1854-1932	1863 1873 1875 1892 1895 1897 1901 1904 1913 1920
Castle Rock	Castle Rock, on the Osage bottoms at its main western bend in this county, was a beautiful site for a town; it was founded a few years before the war, by the brave Col. George w. Boomer, of the Twenty-sixth Missouri Volunteer Infantry, who intended to make a representative place of it, and soon secured a large mill, a furniture factory, stores, hotel, church and school. At the outbreak of the war it had assumed considerable proportions. His acceptance of the colonelship of "the brave little Twenty-sixth," and his fall in battle, was the signal for the ruin of his town, which fell as quickly as it rose. The first post route was the courier post between the capital and the metropolis of the State. (17) Shown as Rock Castle on 1861 map. In the fall of 1861, Col. George B. Boomer of Castle Rock recruited, from the Home Guards, the Twenty-sixth Missouri Volunteer Infantry. 1873 Post Road - From Osage City, by Taos, Castle Rock, Westphalia, and Maries, to Vienna. (15) 1915 - School district 49, Castle Rock, $27,520. (1941 Osage Co. Centennial description 1976 Osage County Memory Book description	On the Osage River, west of Folk.	Osage	1856-1885	1861 1863 1873 1875
Chamois	Early river town and later Division Town of Missouri Pacific Railroad. 1873 Post Road - From Chamois, by Bailey's Creek, Pryor's Mill, and Mount Sterling to Delphi. Also, From Chamois to Portland. (15) 1915 Business & Individual Directory description 1941 Osage Co. Centennial description 1976 Osage County Memory Book description	North county at junction of hwy's 100 & 89, twp 45N, rng 8W on the Missouri River.	Osage	1856-Pres	1861 1863 1870 1873 1875 1878 1892 1895 1897 1901 1904 1913 1920
Charlotte		East county between Drake and Rosebud.	Gasconade	1888-1902	1897 1901
Cleavesville		South of Bland in southwest county.	Gasconade	1854-1858 1860-1866 1878-1908	1892 1895 1897 1901 1904 1913 1920
Clifty Dale	A post office ten miles southeast of Vienna. (13)	South county, west of Gasconade River. Near Clifty Dale Creek and natural bridge.	Maries	1855-1863 1865-1887	1863 1873 1875 1892 1901
Cote Sans Dessein	French for "hill without design". 1855 - Cote Sans Dessein, p-v [postal village], Callaway co., Mo. ...Situated on the N. bank of the Missouri r., a little below, and & opposite the entrance of the Osage r. It is the site of an old French village, & derives its name from an isolated hill on the river bank. (16)	North side of Missouri river across from the mouth of the Osage river.	Callaway	1818-1825 1826-1829 1838-1876 1882-1907	1822 1823 1833 1859 1863 1873 1897 1901 1913 1920
College Hill	Local community with only a Baptist church in the valley, cemetary on the hill about a half mile to the west and a closed school. Photos	Off D Hwy in Jefferson Township. The cemetary is noticeable from the highway but you have to drive down Rd 726 to get to Collage Hill Baptist Church on the banks of Mistaken Creek. Twp 42, Rng 7, Sec 6 & 7.	Osage	N/A	OCC
Cooper Hill	Also know as Gasburg before postoffice located there. The Leach Steam Saw and Grist Mill was located here See Information on Cooper Hill. 1873 Post Road - From Linn to Cooper Hill. (15) (Notice mail is also sent to John B. Cooper's during this same date) 1941 Osage Co. Centennial description 1976 Osage County Memory Book description Photos	Hwy D & Third Creek. Twp 43N, Rng 7W, Sec 36.	Osage	1893-1957	1895 1897 1901 1904 1913 1920
Cooper's Hill	Original Post Office and Store founded by John B. Cooper (sheriff of Osage County from 1862-1864) that was later moved to Gasburg (renamed Cooper Hill) where a community had developed around the Leach-Baker Mill and Dallmeyer Store. 1873 Post Road - From Hermann, by Francis Peter's, on Second Creek, Mount Sterling, John B. Cooper's [Cooper's Hill], Alexander S. Rogers' [later Belle], in Galloway's Prairie, to Pay Down. (15)	Located on hill between Mistaken Creek and Thrid Creek about 1/2 mile from Gasconade River. Twp 42N, Rng 7W, Sec 2.	Osage	1860-1893	1870 1873 1892
Crook	1976 Osage County Memory Book description	Northeast of Linn, close to Mint Hill.	Osage	1903-1920	1904 1920
Cross Roads		Western Osage County.	Gasconade Osage	1840-1847 N/A	1846 1859 1861 1863