Cornelia, Missouri Explained

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

The community is on Missouri Route 13 seven miles south of Warrensburg and five miles north of Post Oak.[1]

History

A post office called Cornelia was established in 1855, and remained in operation until 1904.[2] The community was named after Cornelia Love, the wife of an early settler.[3] A variant name was "Shanghai". The reason it was called Shanghai was that Dr. Love, who founded the community, raised Shanghai chickens.

References

38.6436°N -93.7394°W

Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 35
  2. Web site: Post Offices . Jim Forte Postal History . 19 October 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150525100154/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Johnson . 25 May 2015 .
  3. Web site: Johnson County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) . The State Historical Society of Missouri . 20 October 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070939/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_johnson.html . 24 June 2016 .

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