Napton, Missouri

Unincorporated community in Missouri, United States

Napton, Missouri

Unincorporated community

Location of Napton, Missouri

Coordinates: 39°03′10″N 93°05′02″W﻿ / ﻿39.05278°N 93.08389°W﻿ / 39.05278; -93.08389
Country| United States
State| Missouri
County| Saline
Elevation

| 640 ft (200 m)
Time zone| UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code| 660
GNIS feature ID| 723116[1]

Napton, originally known as Jonesboro, is an unincorporated community in southeastern Saline County, Missouri, United States. Napton is located on Missouri Supplemental Route E, 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Marshall.

Napton was originally named Jonesboro, and under the latter name was laid out in 1887, and named after the local Jones family.[2] The present name honors William Barclay Napton, Judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri.[2]

From 1831 to 1839, Jonesboro was the county seat of Saline County. "In 1831, the county seat was removed from Jefferson to Jonesboro ... In 1839, the county seat was removed from Jonesboro to Arrow Rock ..." (From A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Saline County, Missouri, Compiled by Arthur Paul Moser [3] Jonesboro had a post office beginning in 1828 and postal service was available there intermittently through 1873.[4]

The George A. Murrell House and Neff Tavern Smokehouse are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[5]

## References

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1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Napton, Missouri
2. ^ a b "Saline County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
3. ^ "A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets of Missouri". thelibrary.org.
4. ^ "Post Offices for letter - J". www.missouripostalhistory.org.
5. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

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Municipalities and communities of Saline County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Marshall

Cities|

* Blackburn‡
* Emma‡
* Gilliam
* Malta Bend
* Marshall
* Miami
* Nelson
* Slater
* Sweet Springs

Map of Missouri highlighting Saline County

Villages|

* Arrow Rock
* Grand Pass
* Mount Leonard

Townships|

* Arrow Rock
* Blackwater
* Cambridge
* Clay
* Elmwood
* Grand Pass
* Liberty
* Marshall
* Miami
* Salt Fork
* Salt Pond

Unincorporated
communities|

* Blue Lick
* Elmwood
* Fairville
* Hardeman
* Herndon
* Marshall Junction
* McAllister Springs
* Napton
* New Frankfort
* Norton
* Orearville
* Pennytown
* Ridge Prairie
* Saline City
* Salt Springs
* Shackleford
* Sharon

Ghost towns|

* Blosser
* Cambridge

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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