Chariton is an unincorporated community in northeast Putnam County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
History A post office called Chariton was established in 1883 and remained in operation until 1907. The community takes its name from the nearby Chariton River.
Geography Chariton is on Missouri Route DD two miles east of Missouri Route 149. The Missouri-Iowa border is one mile north of the community. Unionville is approximately 15 miles to the southwest.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed. 1998, p. 17
Notable people Nick Cave, sculptor and dancer, lived on a farm in Chariton with his grandparents, where he would help take care of crops and chickens. Ennis H. Gipson, third Adjutant General of Oklahoma who also served on the Texas House of Representatives. James Semple, politician from Illinois, moved to Chariton in 1819, operating a tannery in the area.
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