The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗European settlement of Harrison County began c. 1838, although the land was not surveyed and opened for entry until 1842. The county is named after Albert C. Harrison, a 19th-century Missouri political figure. Many of the early settlers to the area homesteaded along Sugar Creek and in the Bethany area. Three commissioners deliberated for several days to determine a site for the county seat, and voted to site it in the southern part of the county. The original name of the community was Dallas.
In June 1845, John S. Allen was appointed to survey the town into lots and offer the same for sale. The plat, covering 19 acres (7.7 hectare), was completed on June 27, 1845.
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Start Bethany’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bethany’s history is told.
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Bethany, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Bethany is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Bethany has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hamilton House in Bethany, 1.4 miles away.
Bethany and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.