Cornwall

Cornwall  

A station on the Belmont Branch of the Iron Mountain Railroad, established in 1889 when the railroad was built, in the south central part of Castor Township.

The legend is that the place was named for Cornwall, England, because of the Sprowle hoax of the Tin Mines. (See Tin Mountain). Sprowle supposedly came from Cornwall, England. The name Cornwall goes back to Cornaria, probably derived from the tribal name Cornovu. O. E. Cornweales means "the Welsh in Cornwall."

This folk name later became the name of the district. Cornwall is famous for its tin mines. (Douglass I 379, Oxford Dictionary of England, Hinchey, Campbell (1874) 754)

Source:  The State Historical Society of Missouri

                Hamlett, Mayme L. "Place Names Of Six Southeast Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis.,  

               University of Missouri-Columbia, 1938.