Greenton, Missouri

Greenton is an unincorporated community in Lafayette County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

History

Greenton was laid out in 1835 by Joseph Green, and named for him.[2] A post office called Greenton was established in 1839, and remained in operation until 1902.[3]

gollark: Launch *us* or a probe? I vote yes for the probe.
gollark: We could start on the ~~giant lasers of death~~ solar power system of peace, though it seems that most of our stuff is self-powered anyway.
gollark: On the one hand, you can get more miners. On the other, they have to ship everything back, and coordination/control is a problem.
gollark: Come to think of it, it would make more sense to only have a few universal constructor factories and have them produce non-replicating miner probes.
gollark: Oh, right, nonselfreplicators.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Greenton, Missouri
  2. "Lafayette County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 25 October 2016.



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