Hart, Missouri

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]

For the former town in Macon County, see Hart, Macon County, Missouri.

History

A 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]

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gollark: Imagine *interaction* with adverts.
gollark: I think the general answer is "ad revenue to the site", but I think there's an adblocker which fakes ad clicks or something.
gollark: Are those even legally binding?
gollark: How many of those actually say "pay attention to the adverts or else"?

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hart, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 60, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  4. "McDonald County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  5. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 190.



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