Splitlog is an unincorporated community in western McDonald County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The community is located approximately four miles northwest of Anderson and 1.5 miles west of Elliff on Missouri Route 59. [2]
Mathias Splitlog was a member of the Wyandot people, named for his childhood apprenticeship to a carpenter, and known initially for the lumber industry he founded in Wyandotte, Kansas. A self-educated engineer, real estate speculator, and a businessman in the Missouri mining industry, Mathias plated the town site of Splitlog. [3] [4] A post office for Splitlog was established in 1887, and remained in operation until 1906. [5]