Bolton, Missouri

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Bolton is an unincorporated community in eastern Harrison County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

The community is on a ridge between Cat Creek to the east and Fox Creek to the west approximately ten miles east-southeast of Bethany. The Wayne Helton Memorial State Wildlife Area is adjacent to the northeast. [2]

History

A post office called Bolton was established in 1858, and remained in operation until 1903. [3] An early variant name was "Browns", after the local Brown family. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bolton, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 21 ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Harrison County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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