Mount Hope (also spelled (Mounthope) is an unincorporated community in southeastern Franklin County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]
The community is located on Missouri Route 47 approximately six miles southeast of Saint Clair and the community of Lonedell is 2.5 miles to the east-northeast.[2]
History
editA post office called Mounthope was established in 1903, and remained in operation until 1909.[3] The community was named after a nearby mine of the same name.[4]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Hope, Missouri
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, Delorme, 1st ed., 1998, p.48 ISBN 0899332242
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
- ^ "Franklin County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
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