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Index to the WAY STATIONS of MISSOURI

Many of the transportation corridors in Missouri had various stopping places along them. Some of these included (but are not limited to): boat landings (excluding ferries & fords), Pony Express, railroad & stage stations (sidings & switches), rural stores, taverns, or other types of stopping points. Like other types of businesses in the outlying areas, these locations often acted as a community center or gathering place where the locals could catch up on the latest gossip or commodity prices. Many times these way stations acted as a magnet for a small community that later faded away, or grew into busy little towns. SOME of the various way stations that once dotted the landscape of Missouri included:

For details of any of these way stations, please see the linked alphabetic listings.

NAME OF LOCATION COUNTY NOTES

· ACID Franklin Co. RR switch

· ASH LANDING St. Francois Co. Electric RR car stop

· BACON Cass Co. RR switch

· BEAVER Phelps Co. Railroad station

· BEAVER STATION Phelps Co. …SEE Beaver

· BEAVER VALLEY Phelps Co. …SEE Beaver

· BECKERS LANDING Franklin Co. Boat landing

· BECKS LANDING Lincoln Co. Boat landing

· BELLEVILLE STORE Montgomery Co. Store & PO

o AKA – Half Way House

· BLATTNER STORE Warren Co. Rural store

· BLUES STORE Audrain Co. Rural store & post office

· BLUES STORE Ralls Co.

· BLYTHEVILLE Jasper Co Rural store & post office

C

· CAHN STATION St. Louis Co. RR station

· CALIFORNIA HOUSE Pulaski Co. Roadside tavern

· CAMPBELLTON Clay Co. RR station

· CARSON STORE Phelps Co. Rural Store

· CHESLEYS STATION St. Louis Co. RR station

· CLARDY St. Francois Co. Electric RR car stop

· CLARKS STATION St. Louis Co. Electric RR car stop

· COLEMAN St. Louis Co. RR station

· CROSS ROADS Dade Co. Crossroads trading center

· DELAWARETOWN Christian Co. Delaware Indian trading point.

· DELAWARETOWN Greene Co. Delaware Indian trading point.

· DRYDEN & SHARPS STORE Montgomery Co. Rural store

· ELLIOTTSVILLE Monroe Co. Rural store & post office

· EMERSON St. Louis Co. RR station

· ENTIGHT STATION Lawrence Co.

· ERNEST Dade Co. Trading point

· EVANSTON SIDING Adair Co. RR siding

F

· FAIRVIEW STATION St. Louis Co. RR station

· FOREST HOME Lawrence Co. Trading point

· FRAY Franklin Co. RR siding

· FREEMANS STORE Phelps Co., rural store

· FURNESS Greene Co. Trading point

· GEBLER Gasconade Co. Rural store & post office

· GERDEMANNS STORE Warren Co. Rural store

· GERDEMANS STORE Warren Co. …SEE Gerdemanns Store

· GLENROCK Henry Co. Trading point

· GRAFTON LANDING St. Charles Co. Boat landing

· GRANGE HALL Benton Co. Trading post, rural store, Grange Hall

· GRANGE STORE Osage Co. …SEE Flora

· GRIMSLEY(S) STATION St. Louis Co. RR station

· GRUBE Franklin Co. AKA – Grubes Store. Rural store

· GRUBES STORE Franklin Co. ...SEE Grube

· HALFWAY HOUSE Montgomery Co. …SEE Belleville Store

· HALLS STORE Johnson Co. Rural store

· HOLLMANS STORE & POST OFFICE (#1) Warren Co. AKA – Holmans Store

· HOLLMANS STORE & POST OFFICE (#2) Warren Co. AKA – Hollmans Post Office

· HOLLYWOOD STATION St. Louis Co. RR station

· HOLMANS STORE Warren Co. …SEE Hollmans Store & Post Office (#1)

· HONSEVILLE Maries Co. AKA – Bert Rural store & PO

· HORSE SHOE LAKE STATION St. Charles Co. RR station

· HOWE Jefferson Co. RR station

· HUNT St. Francois Co. Electric RR car stop

· HUNTS SWITCH St. Louis Co. RR Switch

· JEFFERSON Jefferson Co. RR station

· JOHANNES Jefferson Co. AKA: Johanes, RR station

· JOHNSON SPUR Benton Co. RR spur

· JOHNSON STATION Gasconade Co. RR station

· JONES LANDING Montgomery Co. Boat landing

· KALLMEYERS LANDING Montgomery Co Boat landing

· KELSO Franklin Co. RR siding

· KERSTENS STORE Warren Co. Rural store

· KINGS STATION St. Louis Co. RR station

· KLUSMEIERS LANDING Warren Co. AKA – Klausmeir Landing

· KLUSMEIR LANDING Warren Co. …SEE Klausmeiers Landing

· KNAUSS St. Francois Co. Electric RR station

· KROENUNG St. Louis Co. RR station

· KURLBAUMS LANDING Franklin Co. AKA – Kurlsaum Landing.

· KURLSAUM LANDING Franklin Co. ...SEE Kurlsbaums Landing

· LAKE FARM Warren Co. RR watering station

· LEICHLITER Monroe Co. Country store

· LOCKHART Lawrence Co. RR station

· MALLARD Henry Co. RR station

· MAPLE LAKE STATION St. Charles Co. RR station

· MAUNES STORE Franklin Co. Rural store

· McDANIELS Ste. Genevieve RR siding

· McNATTS STORE Lawrence Co. Rural store/trading point

· McPEAK SWITCH Bates Co. RR switch

· MENTOR St. Louis Co. RR station

· MID WAY Bates Co. Filling station

· NEEDMORE Dade Co. Trading point

· NORTH WASHINGTON LANDING Warren Co. Boat landing

· O’MEARA St. Francois Co. RR station

· OLD BLOOM LANDING Maries Co. Boat landing

· ORLEANS Polk Co. Trading point

· OTTO SPUR New Madrid Co. RR spur

· OWINGS STORE Montgomery Co. Rural store

· PETERS STORE Gasconade Co. Rural store

· PITTS LANDING Warren Co. Boat landing

· PITZERS LANDING Warren Co. Boat landing

· PLUMB TOWN Dade Co. Trading point

· PORT ROYAL St. Louis Co. RR station

· PORT ROYAL LANDING Franklin Co. Boat landing

· PRIEURS LANDING St. Charles Co. Boat landing

· QUACKENBRUECK Franklin Co. Covered bridge

· REKATES STORE Warren Co. Rural store

· RICHEY Maries Co. Rural store…AKA – Bucksnort

· RIDGE FARM STATION St. Louis Co. AKA – Ridgefarm Station

· RIDGEFARM STATION St. Louis Co. …SEE Ridge Farm Station

· ROBINSON Cass Co. RR station

· ROCKLAND SWITCH St. Louis Co. RR switch

· SCUDDER St. Louis Co. RR station

· SIMPSONS STORE Johnson Co. DEAD NAME – early name for Chilhowee (1990 population - 345)

· SOUTHBEND Lawrence Co. Rural store & post office

· SPIES LANDING New Madrid River landing

· STALEY Cass Co. RR switch

· SWINK St. Francois Co. Electric RR car stop

· TAPPEHORN LANDING Miller Co. River port

· TAVERN ROCK Franklin Co. RR siding or station

· THOMAS STATION St. Louis Co. RR station

· THOMPSONVILLE Monroe Co. Country store

· TUCKERS STORE Maries Co. Rural store

· VAN HORN TAVERN Boone Co. Roadside tavern

· VAN STUDIFORD STATION St. Louis Co. RR station

· VAULT STORE Franklin Co. Country store

· VENTURA Monroe Co. Country store

· VOORHEES Camden Co. Rural store & post office

· WEST ASHBY STATION St. Louis Co. Electric RR car stop

· WEST BELTON Cass Co. RR station

· WHITENER St. Francois Co. Electric RR car stop

· WILDWOOD STATION St. Louis Co. Electric RR car stop

· WORTMANS STORE Franklin Co. Rural store

· WRIGHTSBURG Bates Co. Filling station

· YEAGER SHOP Franklin Co. Blacksmith shop-voting precinct

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First Posted: September 05, 2004

Last Updated: December 17, 2011

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