my grandpa Alfred Elmer Axsom was born at Akron, MO. Harrison County Gen Web states:

A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Harrison County, Missouri Compiled by Arthur Paul Moser [1] Akron Akron is an inland village in Clay Township. (--Wannamaker, p. 166.) It was a post-office 20 miles northeast of Bethany and west of Grand River. (--Campbell's Gazetteer of Mo., 1874, p. 226.) It is situated at Sec. 15, Twp. 66 N, R. 26 W on Highway O north from M. (--General Highway Map of Harrison Co., issued by the Missouri State Highway Department, 9-21-61. Unless otherwise noted all map locations are from this map.)