Talk:Bartonville, Illinois

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Naming

The city was or was not named after American Red Cross Founder Clara Barton according to two anons. Does anybody have a citation one way or the other? --Dual Freq 22:21, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It was certainly named after the Barton family who settled the area, but I doubt its named for Clara specifically. Suppafly 12:48, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"The History of Bartonville" book says that it is named after the local Barton family, W.C.H. Barton.

https://archive.org/details/historyofbartonv00bart/page/2/mode/1up NatFee (talk) 01:01, 1 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I recently learned that my great-grandfather Collier and Mr. Barton co-owned property and a railroad stop for coal trains in Bartonville. When the town was named it was going to either be Collierville or Bartonville. I confirmed this with my aunt - Mr. Collier's granddaughter. She said when she last visited there not too many years ago the station still said Collierville on the sign. My grandfather eventually was President of a bank in Bartonville. She had no recollection of Clara Barton ever being mentioned in connection with the town. If anyone has any further historical information on this I would love to hear from them. Gayle2281 (talk) 19:50, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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