The History of Trimble
On May 1, 1843, President John Tyler signed an abstract giving certain lands to William Carpenter-part of this land was the site of the present town of Trimble, MO. In 1891, Amos and Dan Carpenter, William's sons, platted their inherited acres for a town to be called Carpenter's Store, MO. The first store already existed for the Carpenters owned a large general store of the same name. For 7 years, Carpenter's Store, MO, existed as a town, but in 1898, a lawyer, Mr. Trimble advised the good folks of Carpenter's Store, MO to have their town incorporated.