Bayfield is an extinct town in the southwest corner of
DeKalb County DeKalb County may refer to one of several counties in the United States, all of which were named for Baron Johann de Kalb:
* DeKalb County, Alabama
DeKalb County is a County (United States), county in the Northeast Alabama, northeastern part ...
, in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...
of
Missouri
Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...
. The community was on the Little Third Fork of the Platte River approximately three miles southwest of
Clarksdale and one-quarter mile east of the DeKalb-
Buchanan county line.
[''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 20 ]
Bayfield had its start ca. 1880 when the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway was extended to that point. A post office called Bayfield was established in 1886, and remained in operation until 1917.
References
Ghost towns in Missouri
Former populated places in DeKalb County, Missouri
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