What the record shows
Named by Mr. Crumb, who built the railroad in Stoddard Co. in 1910. He named the station his line had reached Zeta, becausehe was interested in learning how to make the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet. (MO Place Names/p96)
Zetaappears 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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