Ely, Missouri

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in the American state of Missouri}}

Ely is an unincorporated community in Marion County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.{{GNIS|740832}}

History

Ely had its start in the late 1850s when the railroad was extended to that point.{{cite web | url =http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_marion.html | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070655/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_marion.html | archivedate = June 24, 2016 | url-status = live | title=Marion County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate= November 3, 2016}} The community was named for Dr. Ezra Stiles Ely, a reverend from Pennsylvania.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ/page/n90 193]}} A post office called Ely Station was established in 1874, the name was changed to Ely in 1883, and the post office closed in 1937.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Marion | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=3 November 2016}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri

Category:Unincorporated communities in Marion County, Missouri