Pennytown, Missouri
Pennytown is an unincorporated area in Saline County, Missouri. Historically it was the largest African-American community in central Missouri.[1]
Joe Penny, a former slave who was previously resident in Kentucky, founded Pennytown in 1871. Historically its population consisted of former slaves and their descendants. Its peak population was 1,000. The final birth in the community occurred in 1944. Around that period, due to lowering economic prospects, many families began to move to Marshall. As time passed, more and more buildings were razed. As of 2014 the only remaining building from the former settlement is the Free Will Baptist Church of Pennytown.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Schuessler, Ryan. "One by one, Missouri’s black towns disappear" (Archive). Al Jazeera. April 5, 2014. Retrieved on June 23, 2014.
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