Villages of Crawford County, Missouri - ARGO Argo post office was established August 22, 1836, and was the first in the area. It was opened and closed several times until it was finally discontinued in 1906. Various surveys put Argo in Crawford County part of the time. It is one of the twenty-five places on the Civil War map of Franklin County. Its actual site is within present Crawford County, but the church and school are on the Franklin County side of the boundary. For years the different parts were called Argo and Old Argo. Another school was later built on the Crawford County side and called Fairview. A little village grew on the Crawford County side which consisted of a dozen or more homes, a blacksmith shop, a. garage, and a store. In 1853 James B. Brady w as listed as postmaster; he was also the organizer of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Argo. This church was built in 1861 and Reverend James B. Braley, who was a leader in constructing the small log church building twenty-four by twenty-two feet at a cost of $50, lived to dedicate it in 1875. The originaI members were Reverend Braley, George Tyree, Daniel Tyree, Thomas Mitchell, and members of the Woodruff, Enloe, Renicks, Ferguson, and Heathcock families. ------ CRAWFORD COUNTY AND CUBA MISSOURI James Ira Breuer, 1972 p. 71-72 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe L. Miller ====================================================================