Dallas, Missouri

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

History

The first attempt to start a town was on April 17, 1843,: 245  when Abraham Brown platted Dallas. A plat was filed for it on April 15th, 1856. It was never much of a town, but was a noted shipping point.: 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.: 245 

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

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. 1 2 3 4 5 History of Holt and Atchison counties, Missouri. St. Joseph, National Historical Co. 1882.
  4. 1 2 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

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