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Bolton is an unincorporated community in eastern Harrison County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

The community is on a ridge between Cat Creek to the east and Fox Creek to the west approximately ten miles east-southeast of Bethany. The Wayne Helton Memorial State Wildlife Area is adjacent to the northeast.

History

A post office called Bolton was established in 1858, and remained in operation until 1903. An early variant name was "Browns", after the local Brown family.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bolton, Missouri
2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 21 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
4. "Harrison County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

v t e Municipalities and communities of Harrison County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Bethany
Cities	Bethany Cainsville Gilman City‡ New Hampton Ridgeway
Villages	Blythedale Eagleville Mount Moriah
Townships	Adams Bethany Butler Clay Colfax Cypress Dallas Fox Creek Grant Hamilton Jefferson Lincoln Madison Marion Sherman Sugar Creek Trail Creek Union Washington White Oak
Unincorporated communities	Akron Andover Blue Ridge Bolton Brooklyn Hatfield Martinsville Matkins Mitchellville Pawnee Pleasant Ridge Washington Center
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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