Eugene - Cole County Communities

Eugene (elevation 790 feet)

Eugene is in the southwest corner of the county and is situated at Sec. 30, Twp. 42 N, Range 13 West on Highway 17 south of BB.

Eugene, Missouri, was incorporated on August 3, 1904. The town was surveyed on land owned by Mr. Eugene Simpson and named in his honor. (O.L. Moore; Judge J.E. Garman; Cited on Railroad Commissioner's Map of 1910). Source:Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.