Editing Bolivar, Missouri (section)

==History==
Bolivar began as a settlement around Keeling Spring, with the majority of settlers being from [[Hardeman County, Tennessee]]. The settlement became part of [[Greene County, Missouri]] when that county was organized in 1833. After the northern part of Greene County was ceded to form [[Polk County, Missouri]], the Polk County Court proclaimed the settlement as a city, named it Bolivar, and designated it as the county seat on 10 November 1835. Bolivar was re-organized as a fourth-class city on 15 February 1881.<ref>[http://bolivar.mo.us/city-history/history-of-bolivar-missouri.php History of Bolivar, Missouri] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407085444/http://bolivar.mo.us/city-history/history-of-bolivar-missouri.php |date=April 7, 2014 }}</ref> Bolivar was a full Stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail Period 1858-1861 at the old Franklin Hotel and Relay Station.
The town layout was along the Boonville road that was the main road through the area during that time. <ref>https://digital.shsmo.org/digital/collection/mhr/id/26511</ref> 
Bolivar experienced growth in 1884 when the [[St. Louis–San Francisco Railway]] was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcxWsmxRzVEC&pg=PA19 | title=Missouri Roadsides: The Traveler's Companion | publisher=University of Missouri Press | author=Earngey, Bill | year=1995 | pages=19| isbn=9780826210210 }}</ref>

The name "Bolivar" was proposed by John Polk Campbell and his brothers William St. Clair and Ezekiel Madison. It is named after Bolivar, Tennessee, where their grandfather and [[Continental Army]] Colonel [[Ezekiel Polk]] had lived. In the 1830s, Polk and Bolivar names were locally associated with liberation. As such, Bolivar, Missouri is an indirect namesake of Simón Bolívar.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1917 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ/page/n113 342]}}</ref>

The [[Bolivar Public Library]], [[First National Bank (Bolivar, Missouri)|First National Bank]], and [[North Ward School (Bolivar, Missouri)|North Ward School]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref><ref name="nps">{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20110722.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=2011-07-22|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 7/11/11 through 7/15/11 |publisher=National Park Service}}</ref><ref name="nps1">{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20131025.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places|date=2013-10-25|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 10/01/13 through 10/18/13|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>