A gift of twelve and a half acres was set aside for the courthouse, and the removal from Waterloo (q.v.) was effected, the court of 1850 meeting in the new building at Alexandria. Alexandria on petition was made the county seat in 1847. The name thus occurs on the maps of Missouri from 1871, though the name Churchville is sometimes revived today. The two sites were later consolidated, and were replatted in 1848 under the name of Alexandria, a modification of the name Alexander. The first plat by the name of Alexander was laid out in 1838 as an addition to the existing town of Churchville, and called Alexander for the ferryman of that name. In 1835 the village was a supply station for the trail leading to Fort Des Moines. The original name of the settlement was Churchville (Colton, 1857-1861), for Francis Church, the promoter, who surveyed and platted the site in 1833. Previous to this time the first ferryman, John Alexander, built his cabin on the site, then at the mouth of the Des Moines. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933.Ī post office since 1853 in Vernon Township, on the Mississippi River a short distance below the mouth of the Des Moines River, and fifteen miles from Kahoka.
"Place Names In The Southwest Border Counties Of Missouri." M.A. CLARK (1887), 244 CLARK COUNTY COURIER, Oct. The ferryman, according to the Courier, was the first to build a cabin in the county. The Courier gives the date as 1825, the County History as 1832. Guy Hummel)Ī ferry established by John Alexander, whence the name, at the mouth of the Des Moines River, on what became the site of Alexandria (q.v.). It was rebuilt later and is used occasionally today. In 1876 a church house was erected in Kahoka. Ehrhart Alberta Callison Samuel Ball)Ī church organized before the Civil War at Waterloo by the negroes.
The vicinity was known as "Possum Hollow" for the location and the number of opossum. So named for a family in the neighborhood. It is gone today but for the little church that stood southeast of the village. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1938.Ī post office from 1860-1904 thirteen miles northwest of Kahoka, on the county line in northeastern Folker Township. "Place Names of Six Northeast Counties of Missouri." M.A. (Alberta Callison Robert McLachlan)Įlliott, Katherine. The land is very poor, and the government sold it for "a bit" (twelve and a half cents) an acre hence the name. Government land south of Wyaconda in Union Township.
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