Ellenorah, Missouri Explained

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

The community was located on the East Fork of the Grand River approximately six miles north of Albany.^[1] Big Muddy Creek enters the East Fork one-half mile west of the community.^[2]

A post office called Ellenorah was established in 1865, and remained in operation until 1898.^[3] The community's name is an amalgamation of the first names of a settler's two daughters.^[4] An early variant name was "Gay's Mill", after Jesse Gay, proprietor of a saw and gristmill.^[5]

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40.3386°N -94.3319°W

Notes and References

1. Albany North, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1984
2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 14,
3. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 2 October 2016.
4. Web site: Gentry County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) . The State Historical Society of Missouri . 2 October 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070436/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_gentry.html . 24 June 2016 .
5. Book: The History of Gentry and Worth Counties, Missouri. 1882. National Historical Company. 183.