Corder Missouri Sanborn Fire Insurance Map September 1916 p. 1.jpg

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This file appears in: Brief history of Corder Missouri

Corder Missouri Sanborn Fire Insurance Map September 1916 p. 1.jpg

This file appears in: Brief history of Corder Missouri

Brief history of Corder Missouri

By University of Central Missouri History Program Paul Atwood and Dr. Jon Taylor

Corder Missouri, located in Lafayette County is approximately sixty miles east of Kansas City and was founded by Nathan Corder from Rappahannock County, Virginia. Corder came to the area with a large number of slaves in 1839. By the 1850s, the…