On East Lafayette (Missouri Route 6) just west of North 4th, on the right when traveling west.
Edina, the seat of Knox County, was laid out here in the glacial plains of northeast Missouri, 1839, by W.J. Smallwood. Scotsman S.W.B. Carnegy, who surveyed the new town, named it the poetic form of Edinburgh. The county, formed 1843 and organized . . . — — Map (db m144472) HM
On Fresh Street (State Highway 156) west of Main Street (County Highway KK), on the right when traveling west.
James Fresh of Maryland, first settler of Knox County, entered land in Oct. 1833, 1 mile southwest of Newark. In 1834 he built a grist mill on the South Fabius River.
Newark, the oldest town in Knox County, was established in 1836.
On Aug. . . . — — Map (db m149776) HM
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