Though the school died in 1883, the town streets still bear the names of several well-known 19th-century Baptists: Judson and Hasseltine (after Adoniram Judson and his wife, Ann Hasseltine Judson), Wayland (after Francis Wayland, president of Brown University in Rhode Island), Wade (after missionary Jonathan Wade) and Boardman (after missionary George Boardman, whose widow, Sarah Hall Boardman became Judson's second wife).
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A few months later the name Prospect Bluff was changed to Judsonia, after Baptist missionary Adoniram Judson, to help promote the school, which drew many northerners to the area.
Judsonia and Judson University were named in honor of American Baptist foreign missionary Adoniram Judson.
Henry Adoniram Swift | Adoniram Judson | Judson Memorial Church | Judson Harmon | Hugh Judson Kilpatrick | Thomas Judson | Judson University | Judson High School | Ann Hasseltine Judson | Ransome Judson Williams | Olivia Judson | Judson's grave at Waikumete Cemetery | Judson Poets' Theatre | Judson LaMoure | Judson Laipply | Howie Judson | Andrew T. Judson | Adoniram J. Warner |
He contributed largely by his teaching to the renewal of foreign missionary zeal—of his 1500 students more than 100 became foreign missionaries, among them such skilled translators as Adoniram Judson, Elias Riggs and William G Schauffler.