County of sign: Lincoln County
Location of sign: Main St. (MO-DD) & Jims Dr., Truston
Yes, it is my first name
This little town once hopped with the farmers business and a crossroads of sorts...but like everything else; The interstate and US highways took over and no one traveled state highways anymore and small town like this just dried up.
Truxton still has it's post office, now over 100 years old, and this was once a city street...no just a gravel road.
Truxton:
"A town in the southwest part of Prairie Township. Robert B. Allen, the founder, was born in Virginia, October 6, 1808 settled in Lincoln County in 1840, and built the first house in the village in 1843. Although the place was originally laid off in 1845, this plat was not recorded. In June, 1852, Mr. Allen secured the assistance of James Reid, the county surveyor, and again laid out and platted an addition to the place. He lived there to his death in 1875. The village was named in honor of Captain Thomas Truxton (1755-1822), distinguished as a commander of privateers in the Revolutionary War. The post office was established by 1876." ~ Postal Guide; Campbell's Lincoln County Atlas, page 14; History of Lincoln County, Goodspeed, 1888, page 451-2; Troy Free Press, Feb. 19, 1886, page 1
"Truxton is situated in the southwest corner of Lincoln County, one mile from the Montgomery County line and three-fourths of a mile from the Warren County line, being on Section 22, Township 49 N, Range 3 W...
"Robert B. Allen, the founder of Truxton, was born in Virginia October 6, 1808. He settled in Lincoln County in 1840, and three years later he built the first house in Truxton. In June, 1852, he procured the services of James Reid, the county surveyor, and with his assistance laid out and platted the town of Truxton...
"The village was named in honor of Capt. Truxton, a noted naval officer in the Revolutionary War...
"In 1888 Truxton had a livery and hack line to Jonesburg, Montgomery County, run by H.L. Owens...A carpenter shop, wagon maker and blacksmith. There were millinery and dressmaking establishments, boots and shoe store, a grist and saw mill. Crockett & Ritter ran a hack and carried the mail to and from Jonesburg." ~ History of Lincoln County, Goodspeed, 451, 452
"It had two churches, Methodist Episcopal and Lutheran, a high school, steam saw mill and grist mill, a newspaper, the "Republican", a hotel, and about fifteen stores, shops, etc. Population, 1899 (estimated) 250." ~ Encyclopedia of Missouri, Conard, Vol. VI, 224
It is situated on Section 22, Township 49 N, Range 3 W at the junction of A & DD.