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Morgan County was organized in 1833 and is named in honor of Revolutionary War General Daniel Morgan. Versailles, with a name referring to the French royal estate near Paris, France, was designated as the county seat and platted in 1854.
Established in 1853, the Martin Hotel was visited in the post-Civil War period by both showman and circus entrepreneur P. T. Barnum and outlaw robber Jesse James. In 1858 the Mulhollen Station was a mail stop here for the newly established Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line, which carried goods and mail for several years to San Francisco, California.
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Aikinsville | Barnett | Boyler's Mill | Buck Creek | Buffalo | Excelsior | Florence | Glensted | Gravois Mills | Haw Creek | Laurie | Marvin | Mill Creek | Moreau | Osage | Proctor | Pyrmont | Richland | Riverview | Rocky Mount | Stover | Syracuse | Versailles (County Seat)
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