Editing Scott City, Missouri (section)

==History==
The town of Fornfelt and the area of [[Ancell, Missouri|Ancell]] were consolidated with Scott City March 7, 1960 while [[Illmo, Missouri|Illmo]], Missouri, was incorporated into Scott City in 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thelibrary.org/lochist/moser/scottpl.html|title=A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Scott County, Missouri|access-date=2013-12-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottcitymo.org/history.html|title=Scott City, Missouri: History|access-date=2013-12-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228005533/http://www.scottcitymo.org/history.html|archive-date=2013-12-28}}</ref>  The town of Fornfelt was previously known as Edna, but this name was changed as it was too similar to [[Edina, Missouri|Edina]], Missouri.  Whipporwhill Hollow was the previous name of Illmo.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19800306&id=cWo-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=61kMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1497,2444833|title=Towns Play Musical Names|access-date=2013-12-26}}</ref> The present name is derived from Scott County.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TOpkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M8cMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4151%2C7158846 | title=Flag | work=The Southeast Missourian | date=Apr 18, 2003 | access-date=3 November 2015 | pages=2A}}</ref>

In December 1848, a [[cholera]] epidemic was brought to [[New Orleans]] by emigrant ships. Within a few weeks, it was carried to all the principal cities on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.  Six of the victims were Irish monks headed to a monastery near [[Dubuque, Iowa|Dubuque]], Iowa. These monks were buried a few hundred yards northwest of the Thebes-Scott City railroad bridge.<ref>{{cite book
 | author = Edison Shrum
 | year = 1984
 | title = The History of Scott County, Missouri
 | publisher = Scott County Historical Society
 | location = Sikeston, Missouri
 | page = 103
}}</ref>