Caplinger Mills is an unincorporated community in northern Cedar County, Missouri, United States.[1] Several homes are located in the community, along with an old mill. It is on the Sac River.
Caplinger Mills was settled in 1849.[2] The community was named for Samuel Caplinger, the proprietor of a local mill.[3]
The Caplinger Mills Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[4]
Notable person
- Kate Austin, radical writer and anarchist
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Caplinger Mills, Missouri
- ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 272.
- ^ "Cedar County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.