Editing Rogersville, Missouri (section)

==History==
Rogersville was named after Doctor Rogers, a pioneer settler.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RfAuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA371 | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1918 | pages=371}}</ref> A post office called Rogersville has been in operation since 1882.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Webster | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=1 January 2017}}</ref> The Citizens Bank of Rogersville was formed as a corporation on December 15, 1908, with $10,000 in capital stock.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbofr.com/about-us-2 |title=About Us |publisher=Citizens Bank of Rogersville |access-date=December 21, 2017}}</ref>

The history of Rogersville has been documented by the Citizens Bank of Rogersville and is shown below.

{{blockquote | The largest settlement in this area in the mid 1800s was Henderson, with a population of about 300. Henderson was located 16 miles east of Springfield in a valley, by a stream and on the mail highway. It was a perfect place for a town.

In 1882, the Kansas City and Memphis Railroad came through two miles to the south of Henderson. When it became known that a depot was to be erected, a young physician, Dr. Isaac Rogers agreed to donate $50 to defray the expense of surveying and laying out lots and streets if they would use his name for the settlement. The original survey was done by J.J. Watts.

The first postmaster was appointed in September 1882. Five rural carriers began in 1904 using horse and buggy. The population of Rogersville had grown to 450. School was held in the blacksmith shop in 1884.  A community church, which housed a lodge hall on the second story, was built in 1885. A newspaper, The Rogersville Record, obtained a "second class matter permit" at the post office in October 1915. The first bank opened in 1890 but failed during the Depression. The Citizens Bank of Rogersville was chartered in 1908.  Rogersville was incorporated as a village in 1916. Some street lights were operating as early as 1927. In 1932, US Highway 60 was paved through town.

There is no city, village or hamlet named "Logan."  The Logan family donated the land on Farm Road 164, for the Logan Elementary School, built in 1955. In 1965, the K-8 Logan School District in southeast Greene County consolidated with the Rogersville School District in Webster County, and the combined entity became known as the Logan-Rogersville School District.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbofr.com/about-us-2 |title=History of Rogersville |publisher=Citizen's Bank of Rogersville |access-date=December 21, 2017}}</ref>}}

There is, however, the Logan Cemetery about a half mile west of the Logan Elementary School on Farm Road 219 and also the old Crossroad Store at the intersection of Farm Roads 164 and 219. This area is generally known as Logan.

Around late 1929 or early 1930, the Bank of Rogersville was robbed by two men who stole $981. About a dozen men rode out to chase the robbers, one of which was shot and the other was captured. The trial was held in the Rogersville High School gym for the captured robber, and he was sentenced to jail.{{sfn|Dale|2012|p=8}}

In 1957, a fire was discovered in a vacant building in Rogersville on a Saturday night around 10:30{{nbsp}}p.m., which burned out of control due to Rogersville having no fire-fighting equipment or a city water supply. Calls for aid were sent out to surrounding communities including the [[Fordland Air Force Station]], the [[Seymour, Missouri|Seymour]] Volunteer Fire Department, the [[Ozark, Missouri|Ozark]] Rural Fire Department, and the [[Marshfield, Missouri|Marshfield]] Department. Four businesses were destroyed, including a market and a new theater, with damages estimated at $75,000.{{sfn|Dale|2012|p=5}}

In 1992, the [[Webster County, Missouri|Webster County]] Council on Aging formed a "Senior Services Committee" to address the needs of its senior citizens. In 1993, the committee decided to ask for a 5-cent tax increase to extend services on the August ballot, but the issue failed. In 1994, a forum was held with the assistance of the Southwest Missouri Office on Aging (SMOA) to discuss the possibility of a Rogersville Senior Center. A temporary center was formed in May 1994, and after fundraising events and community donations, the Rogersville Senior Center opened on January 17, 1995.{{sfn|Dale|2012|p=28–30}}

Rogersville was formerly known as the "Raccoon Capital of the World".<ref>{{cite news |last=Berneking |first=Ettie |date=February 2014 |url=http://www.417mag.com/417-Magazine/February-2014/Rogersville-Missouri/ |title=Rogersville Missouri |newspaper=417 Magazine |access-date=December 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=James |first=Stuart |date=February 1963 |title=Coon Fever.. Our Favorite Epidemic |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=R-MDAAAAMBAJ&q=raccoon+capital+of+the+world+rogersville+mo&pg=PA236
|magazine=[[Popular Mechanics]] |publisher =[[Hearst Communications|Hearst Magazines]] |volume=119 |issue=2 |page=236 |issn=0032-4558 |access-date=December 24, 2017}}</ref>