Splitlog is an unincorporated community in western McDonald County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is located approximately four miles northwest of Anderson and 1.5 miles west of Elliff on Missouri Route 59.[2]

History

Mathias Splitlog was a member of the Wyandot people, named for his childhood apprenticeship to a carpenter, and known initially for the lumber industry he founded in Wyandotte, Kansas. A self-educated engineer, real estate speculator, and a businessman in the Missouri mining industry, Mathias plated the town site of Splitlog.[3][4] A post office for Splitlog was established in 1887, and remained in operation until 1906.[5]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Splitlog, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 60, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Mathias Splitlog". Cherokee Advocate: 1. August 24, 1887. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  4. ↑ "McDonald County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 3, 2016.

36°42′28″N 94°27′32″W / 36.70778°N 94.45889°W / 36.70778; -94.45889


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