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Zeta, Missouri
Zeta is a ghost town in Stoddard County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It was named after the Greek letter zeta by George H. Crumb, who built a rail line between Zeta and Bloomfield.

Development

The town was a stop along the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway within Richland Township, located near Aquilla and Durnell. It also was a stop along the "Cotton Belt Route", and had been a part of the defunct Missouri Southeastern Railway service between Zeta and Bloomfield. Additional rail lines existed between Zeta and Vanduser in neighboring Scott County.

Varying records indicate that a post office called Zeta was established in 1895 and potentially also in 1910, and remained in operation until 1936. Zeta also was home to multiple farms and sawmills.

Current state

One of the few remnants of Zeta left is the Crowder-Zeta special road district; its name being shared with nearby Crowder. As of 2024, a Nestlé Purina PetCare factory is located immediately north of the historical location of Zeta, south of Missouri supplemental route Y, which was formerly and locally known as the "Zeta-Crowder road."

Notable events

In 1916, a man from Zeta, Emil L. Gerardi, claimed to be a candidate for president in the 1916 United States presidential election.

On May 30, 1917, an F3 tornado touched down west of Acorn Ridge, Missouri and crossed through Zeta and Stoddard County, killing three people in Zeta.

On December 6, 1924, the Zeta rail depot was set on fire along with the depot in nearby Ardeola, which had completely burned down.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Zeta (historical)
  2. ^ Hamlett, Mayme Lucille (1938). Place names of six southeast counties of Missouri (Thesis thesis). University of Missouri--Columbia. doi:10.32469/10355/70281.
  3. ^ "George H Crumb, Zeta". The Bloomfield Vindicator. January 31, 1908. p. 5. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  4. ^ "Zeta MO Cotton Belt Route". The Bloomfield Vindicator. December 3, 1897. p. 3. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  5. ^ "Zeta MO rail line improvements". The Bloomfield Vindicator. September 11, 1908. p. 1. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  6. ^ "Zeta-Vanduser rail line". The Bloomfield Vindicator. November 14, 1902. p. 5. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  7. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  8. ^ "A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets of Missouri". thelibrary.org. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  9. ^ Williams, Walter, ed. (1904). The state of Missouri; an autobiography. Missouri: Press of E.W. Stephens. LCCN 05009158.
  10. ^ Mintee, Susan (February 2007). Special Road District Financial Reporting Practices (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2007. Office of the Missouri State Auditor. p. 28. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  11. ^ "Crowder-Zeta Special Road District notice". The Bloomfield Vindicator. July 27, 1945. p. 3. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  12. ^ "Zeta Crowder road". The Bloomfield Vindicator. June 10, 1949. p. 1. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  13. ^ "Zeta Crowder road rights". The Bloomfield Vindicator. October 1, 1948. p. 1. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  14. ^ "Emil Gerardi Zeta MO". The East Prairie Eagle. June 9, 1916. p. 2. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  15. ^ Grazulis, T. P. (1990). Significant Tornadoes, 1880-1989. Environmental Films. ISBN 978-1-879362-00-0.
  16. ^ "Zeta and Ardeola depot fire". The Bloomfield Vindicator. December 12, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved April 2, 2024.

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