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Napton, originally known as Jonesboro, 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 southeastern Saline County,
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, United States. Napton is located on
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E, southeast of
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. Napton was originally named Jonesboro, and under the latter name was laid out in 1887, and named after the local Jones family. The present name honors William Barclay Napton, Judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri. From 1831 to 1839, Jonesboro was the county seat of Saline County. "In 1831, the county seat was removed from Jefferson to Jonesboro ... In 1839, the county seat was removed from Jonesboro to Arrow Rock ..." (From A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Saline County, Missouri, Compiled by Arthur Paul Moser Jonesboro had a post office beginning in 1828 and postal service was available there intermittently through 1873. The George A. Murrell House and Neff Tavern Smokehouse are listed on the
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Unincorporated communities in Saline County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{SalineCountyMO-geo-stub