It’s not often that a town on Route 66 disappears.
It’s my understanding that the always-tiny Mojave Desert settlement of Cadiz, Calif., lost its post office a few years ago after the village’s population dwindled virtually to nothing. And there’s the sad saga of Times Beach, Mo.
But it looks like the modest Route 66 town of Allenton, Mo., west of St. Louis, is on the extinction list because of encroaching development.
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, much of the town will likely be bulldozed for a housing development, shopping center, parks and a recreation center — all told, a project of $539 million. The City of Eureka annexed Allenton several years ago.
You can read the story here.
Hat tip to Kip Welborn for alerting me to this story.