Splitlog, Missouri

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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]

History

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]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Splitlog, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 60, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Mathias Splitlog". Cherokee Advocate : 1. August 24, 1887. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  4. ↑ "McDonald County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 3 November 2016.

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