Karen - Allin was 1 mile north of Moberly. It was roughly bounded by Morley St on the east and Highway 24 on the north. Sparks Ave was part of it as I understand. It was very little, consisting of a few houses. It was the shipping point on the railroad for Huntsville. It was on the old plank road between Glasgow and Paris, MO. It was named for a man named Allin. Old Tavern" was close by on the stage coach route and was built in 1837. From the "Randolph Citizen" 30 Jan 1858 it say "....new postoffices have been established lately - one very recently at "Allen" midway between this place (Huntsville) and Milton. Allin went out of existence in 1871 when the North Missouri Railroad Company gave G. B. Dameron a quit claim deed to the five acres they had secured from him for a depot site in 1858. (Note: much of this info comes from Ralph Gerhard's book "The Early History of Moberly, MO". Hope this helps. Cecy Karen Siddall wrote: > Having only visited relatives living in Moberly (and not being REAL familiar > with the layout of the town), can someone tell me what part of the city was > ALLIN/ALLEN? What is there now that I might be familiar with? > > Thanks, > > Karen > Irving, TX > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Karl & Cecy Rice [SMTP:kcecyr@mcmsys.com] > > Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 7:48 AM > > To: MORANDOL-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [MORANDOL-L] Re: 1870-74 Randolph Co, MO > > > > ALLIN, Grant - 1870 Delinquent taxpayer ((2/8/1871) > > ALLIN, William - same > > The town that preceeded Moberly was name ALLIN although it was changed > > to ALLEN as time went along, and ended up in the 1940s being called Old > > Allen. By that time it was a part of Moberly. Before Moberly was > > founded in 1866, Allin was a stage stop on the road from Hannibal to > > Huntsville. It is mentioned several times in the Civil War records of > > this area. > > Cecy > > > > "James I. Johnston" wrote: > > > > > Hi Cecy, > > > > > > ALLIN, Grant > > > ALLIN, William > > > > > > Thanks for your time and effort, > > > > > > James I. (Jim) Johnston > > > Whidbey Island, WA