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CHAPTER XXX TOWNS FOUNDED SINCE CIVIL WAR Marquand — Glenallen — : Zalma — Bessville — Neeleyville — PiSK — Habviel, -^ Van Buren — Ellsinore — Grandin — Hunter — Pocahontas — Allenville — Whitev WATER BURFORDVILLE MiLLERVILLE OaKRIDGE GORDONVILLE MaLDEN CAMP- BELL — Gibson — Holcomb — Senath — ^Whiteoak — Glennonville — Cardwell — Caruth — Cottonplant — Des Arc — Sablila — Belleview — Annapolis — Festus — House's Spring — Morse Mill — Peveley — Victoria — Mine LaMotte — Corn- wall — Diehlstadt — East Prairie — Bertrand — Marston — Gideon — Parma — Lilbourn — CoMO — Morehouse — Hayti — Holland — Cottonwood Point — Steele — Calryville — Lithium — Wittenberg — Longtown — Schumer Springs — Bunker — Ellington — Naylor — Flat River — Desloge — Leadwood — Elvins — Bonne Terre — Bismarck — DeLassus — Knob Lick — Libertyville — Doe Run — Oran — Fornfelt — Illmo — Crowder — Kelso — Blodgett — Morley — Chaffee — Vandu- SER — Dexter — Advance — Bernie — Puxico — Irondale — Mineral Point — Rich- •WOODS ChaONIA LeEPER ]IlLLS RiNG — WiLLIAMSVILLE. That the founding of towns since the close of the Civil war has been quite a busy in- dustry iu Southeast Missouri, is evident from the record which follows. Marquand in Bollinger county was settled in 1868. It is situated on the Belmont branch of the Iron Mountain Railroad. Among the early settlers were J. H. Stanfill, Henry Whitener and B. F. Finger. The first mer- chants were J. Q. A. Whitener, Williain Mat- thews, and Jacob Lutes. The town was not incorporated until 1908, the first mayor be- ing F. J. Limbaugh. At the present time there are three general stores. Besides these there are wood working establishments, a flour mill, and a soda water factory. There is one bank in the town and among its im- portant buildings are four churches, population of Marquand now is 339. Glenallen The The town of Glenallen in Bollinger county, was settled about 1870 and incorporated as a town in 1906. The first settler and also the first merchant was J. A. Berry. The first mayor of the town was R. Smith. There are now three general stores supported entirely by the farming connnunity about it. It is situated on the Belmont branch of the Iron ^Mountain, and has a population of 106. Zalma Zalma in the southern part of Bollinger county, is the terminus of the Frisco branch 371