Billingsville, Missouri
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YoSam.
N 38° 54.212 W 092° 47.855
15S E 517551 N 4306091
Not much of a town left, a few residences and many farms around it.
Waymark Code: WM14C7R
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/09/2021
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County of village: Cooper County
Location of village: North-Central in county; crossroads of MO-5 & Billingsville Rd. (Just S. of I-70)
Founded: 1860
Elevation: 653feet (199m)
Population: 36
"In the late 1920s there was a general store operated by Henry Hoflander and a blacksmith shop owned and operated by Thomas McDonough. It is now best known for the St. John United Church of Christ and their annual fall festival. At one time there was a store, blacksmith, school, church. Only the church remains.
"This hamlet was served by a post office from 1871-1875 and then from 1890-1942." ~ MoGenWeb - Cooper County
"It was situated in Northwest quarter of Sec. 28, Twp. 48 N, Range 17 West, and was laid out by Osage Valley & Southern Railway Co., Feb. 8, 1869." ~ History of Howard & Cooper Counties, Goodspeed, 1883
"It was a station on the Boonville Branch, about six miles south of Boonville and had 1 store." ~ History of Cooper County, 1876, Levens, p. 135