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HOW ROXTON CAME INTO EXISTANCE

In 1859 William "Billy" Klyce, a land agent, traveling through the area was very impressed and bought ten acres of land on the hill overlooking Eli Barnett,s and John Denton's land. Here he dug a well and built his home. Beside his home he started a small store which at first consisted of only a lean-to made of split logs for walls and had a dirt floor.

Soon others settled around Billy's store to which he had added a flour and grist mill. The Post Office was then relocated to his store and the official name of the settlement became Prairie Mount.

By late 1860 there were three stores in Prairie Mount. Billy Klyce had sold his store to Captain D. D. Porter. Gill Terrell had built a second store and M. D."Diller" Hackleman had built a third.

For many years, local citizens called the the small settlement of Prairie Mount, Rockston because of the many limestone rocks used around Billy Klyce's original store. So the postal service changed the town's name to Rockston. It wasn't long before the natives shortened this to Roxton. In 1887 the town petitioned the postal service and the spelling was changed to Roxton.

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