Elwood, Missouri

Elwood or Elwood Siding is an unincorporated community in Greene County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.{{GNIS|735599|name=Elwood}} The community lies along the railroad southwest of the Springfield airport. The headwaters of Clear Creek are just to the northeast.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 52, {{ISBN|0-89933-224-2}}

History

Variant names were "Campbells Station" and "Ellwood". A post office called Elwood was established in 1897, and remained in operation until 1940.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Greene |title=Post Offices |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=3 October 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003055709/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Greene |archivedate=3 October 2016 }} The community has the name of the local Ellwood family.{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_greene.html |title=Greene County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=3 October 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071559/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_greene.html |archivedate=24 June 2016 }} Mayor Aaron Larsen

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Greene County, Missouri

Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri