Dallas, Missouri

Dallas is an extinct hamlet in what was southeastern Holt County,[1] but presently southwestern Andrew County. It was located one mile north of the mouth of the Nodaway River.[2] Holt County had a township named Dallas well into the 1850s,[3]: 532  but it was later subsumed by Forbes Township.

History

The first attempt to start a town was on April 17, 1843,[3]: 245 [4] when Abraham Brown platted Dallas. A plat was filed for it on April 15th, 1856.[4] It was never much of a town, but was a noted shipping point.[3]: 245  It was a port used for trade with Oregon and the interior of Holt County. One staple commodity of the hamlet was hemp, there being a hemp press and several large warehouses.[3]: 245 

There was a rivalry between this town and the even more ephemeral West Union, which was established April 12, 1844.[3]: 245  Both of these settlements preceded and were eventually succeeded by Forbes.[5]

References

  1. ^ Lloyd, James T. "Lloyd's official map of Missouri". Library of Congress. New York, Louisville, [and] London, J. T. Lloyd, 1861. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  2. ^ Williams, Walter (1915). A History of Northwest Missouri Volume I. The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 542.
  3. ^ a b c d e History of Holt and Atchison counties, Missouri. St. Joseph, National Historical Co. 1882.
  4. ^ a b Derr, Eileen (1981). Gone home: Directory of the deceased and items of history of Holt County, Missouri, 1837-1981. Holt County Missouri Historical Society.
  5. ^ "History of Holt County, Missouri". St. Joseph, Mo., Midland Printing Co., 1917. Retrieved March 21, 2025.

Lloyd's Official Map of Missouri, the only known map which shows Dallas

39°54′50″N 94°58′41″W / 39.914°N 94.978°W / 39.914; -94.978

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