Patton, Missouri

Patton is an unincorporated community in northern Bollinger County in Southeast Missouri in the United States. It is located on State Highway 51 about one mile south of the intersection with Route 72 (referred to as Patton Junction) along Little Whitewater Creek and 15 miles north of Marble Hill, Missouri.

Patton is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Education

The Meadow Heights R-II School District, located on Route 72 just outside of Patton, encompasses most of northern Bollinger County. According to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, there was a total of 593 students and 55 certified staff members enrolled in the district during the 2008-2009 school year. The school colors are red and black and its mascot is the panther. Athletics at the school consists of boys' and girls' basketball, girls' volleyball, cheerleading, boys' baseball, girls' softball, track and field, and cross country. During the 2005-2006 season, the boys' basketball team set a national record for the number of three-pointers (36) in a single high school basketball game.[1]

Miscellaneous

• A graduate of Patton High School in the late 1930s who lived in the area claimed that there were still members of the Frank and Jesse James Gang residing in Bollinger County during his childhood.

• Edward Capehart O'Kelley was reportedly born and raised in Patton, Missouri in 1858. O'Kelley fatally shot and killed Robert Ford (outlaw). Ford was the man who fatally shot Jesse James. A memorial to O'Kelley for this act stands in the Patton United Methodist Church cemetery, on Country Road 878.