Meloan, Cummins & Co., General Store · Photo: Jim Roberts · CC BY-SA 4.0No famous person yet from Paynesville
The Missouri lists hold names for 402 towns. No town in Missouri lists more than St. Joseph, with 57. Columbia has the second-longest list in Missouri, after St. Joseph, with 51.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Paynesville), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Paynesville has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Paynesville and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.