Cornelia, Missouri

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Cornelia is an unincorporated community in southern Johnson County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

The community is on Missouri Route 13 seven miles south of Warrensburg and five miles north of Post Oak. [2]

History

A post office called Cornelia was established in 1855, and remained in operation until 1904. [3] The community was named after Cornelia Love, the wife of an early settler. [4] A variant name was "Shanghai". [1] The reason it was called Shanghai was that Dr. Love, who founded the community, raised Shanghai chickens.

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cornelia
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 35 ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on May 25, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Johnson County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 20, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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