Hart.There were four general stores, a saw mill and a planing mill in the town.
It was incorporated about 1872, but the incorporation was allowed to lapse. It was laid out in 1871 1 hotel, 2 stores, 1 church, and 1 public school. It was named in 1876, for Anna, wife of Thomas Allen, Railroad president, with a side glance at Annapolis, Maryland. (- The Empire That Missouri Pacific Serves, p.190.) Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad, now the Missouri Pacific. Its original name is said to have been 'Allen,' but this was changed to Annapolis in the 1870's with the coming of the St. Annapolis This community is another of the towns that changed name for reasons presently unknown. A Directory of Towns, Villages, and HamletsĪllen See Annapolis.
