The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗According to local tradition, it was named for Gustavus Slaughter who won the right to name the town and post office after winning a game of cards in 1855.
The post office was established as Slaughtersville on January 29, 1856, with Henry A. Prater, postmaster. Slaughter himself served as postmaster from 1860 to 1865 and was succeeded by Stiman.
Though the post office was renamed Slaughters in 1915, the town remained Slaughtersville from its incorporation in 1861 until 1967 when the Board on Geographic Names reversed an earlier decision and conformed to common usage and the present name of the post office.
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Nothing in Slaughters is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Slaughters has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Zion Brick Missionary Church in Slaughters, 1.6 miles away.
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