Place Name: Elston
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In 1867 this railroad town was surveyed for Mr. A.M. Elston and in his honor named. He was a member of the legislature from Cole County in 1838. (Eaton, p. 279; HIST. COLE, Moniteau, p. 302)
Source:Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. |
Elston
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