The Cape Rock Gazetteer | Mississippi County

Towns of Mississippi County, Missouri
Including:
Beckwith (Historical place)

Alternate name: Bickwith

Probably located on a county road north of Crosno near the old channel of the river. In its day, Beckwith was a ferry landing on the Mississippi but the river's course has changed since then.
Maps: 1838, 1857 Johnson, 1862 War Colton (Bickwiths), 1869, 1872
Named for Newman Beckwith, who settled here from Virginia in 1812.