Ellenorah, Missouri

Ellenorah is an extinct town in Gentry County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.[1]

The community was located on the East Fork of the Grand River approximately six miles north of Albany.[2] Big Muddy Creek enters the East Fork one-half mile west of the community.[3]

A post office called Ellenorah was established in 1865, and remained in operation until 1898.[4] The community's name is an amalgamation of the first names of a settler's two daughters.[5] An early variant name was "Gay's Mill", after Jesse Gay, proprietor of a saw and gristmill.[6]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ellenorah
  2. Albany North, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1984
  3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 14, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  5. "Gentry County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. The History of Gentry and Worth Counties, Missouri. National Historical Company. 1882. p. 183.

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