Caplinger Mills, Missouri

Caplinger Mills is an unincorporated community in northern Cedar County, Missouri, United States.[1] Several homes are located in the community, along with an old mill. It is on the Sac River.

Caplinger Mills was settled in 1849.[2] The community was named for Samuel Caplinger, the proprietor of a local mill.[3]

The Caplinger Mills Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[4]

Notable residents

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Caplinger Mills, Missouri
  2. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 272.
  3. "Cedar County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  4. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.

Coordinates: 37°47′39″N 93°48′16″W / 37.79417°N 93.80444°W / 37.79417; -93.80444


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