Jolly 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 eastern
Newton County, in the
U.S. state
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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 ...
. A variant name was "Jollification". The community is on
Capps Creek approximately eight miles west-southwest of
Monett in adjacent
Barry County and five miles southwest of
Pierce City in southwest
Lawrence County.
[''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 60-61, ]
History
A post office called Jolly was established in 1898, and remained in operation until 1903. Jolly was named after the proprietor of a nearby
watermill
A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as mill (grinding), milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. Such processes are needed in ...
.
Jolly Mill
Jolly Mill was built on Capps Creek at Jollification, Berwick Township, Newton County, Missouri, United States in 1848 by Thomas Isbell and his son John to serve as a whiskey distillery. Jolly Mill was named for the local Jolly family. The mill ...
, built on Capps Creek in 1848, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The historic mill community is the centerpiece of the privately funded "Jolly Milly Park", open to the public.
References
Unincorporated communities in Newton County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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