What the record shows
The federal survey describes the site: along the Mississippi River in NW Scott County.
"""When the first settlement was made by white men, the name Ross' Point was given for an early settler of that name, then the place was named Gray's Point for an old steamboat captain, Wm. Gray, who settled there."" (MO-T101/SHS-MO/1938)"
Grays Pointappears in the U.S. Geological Survey's place-name archive as a historical populated place — a settlement that once carried a name and no longer does. Our editors are verifying its full story against census records, newspaper archives, and county histories; this record will grow as sources are confirmed.
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From the field
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