In a message dated 1/24/2002 10:06:05 AM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Short refers to the post office name. It is in Clay township. Don't > know why the name Short was selected. Clay was in honor of Henry Clay. > That part of the county also has a Dewey (as in Admiral) and a Roosevelt > (as > in Theodore) > Wonder if the Short was named for the Short Line RR in Arkansas?