Caplinger Mills is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in northern

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, United States. Several homes are located in the community, along with an old mill. It is on the

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. Caplinger Mills was settled in 1849. The community was named for Samuel Caplinger, the proprietor of a local

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. The

Caplinger Mills Historic District Caplinger Mills Historic District is a national historic district located at Caplinger Mills, Cedar County, Missouri. The district includes one contributing site and three contributing structure related to the development and use of water powe ...

was listed on the

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in 1993.

Notable person

Kate Austin Kate Cooper Austin (July 25, 1864 – October 28, 1902) was an American journalist and advocate of feminist and anarchist causes. Early life Born Catherine Cooper on July 25, 1864, in LaSalle County, Illinois, Austin moved with her family to H ...

, radical writer and anarchist

References

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