Hart is an unincorporated community in northwest McDonald County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is located along Missouri Route 43, north of Tiff City and less than one-half mile east of the Missouri - Oklahoma border.[2]
History
editA post office called Hart was established in 1883, and remained in operation until 1911.[3] Phillip Rinehart, an early postmaster, most likely gave the community a syllable of his last name.[4] An older source maintains the community has the name of W. B. Hart, a pioneer citizen.[5]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hart, McDonald County, Missouri
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 60, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ^ "McDonald County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
- ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 190.
36°44′14″N 94°36′21″W / 36.73722°N 94.60583°W
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