Milltown, Missouri

Milltown is an unincorporated community in western Butler County, Missouri, United States.[1][2] Milltown is located on Hurricane Creek, approximately two miles west of its confluence with Tenmile Creek.[2] It lies within the Mark Twain National Forest, about ten miles west of Poplar Bluff.[3]

The village was alternately known as Kerens.[1] An early post office existed at the location with the name of Kerens. The post office was named for R.C. Kerens who was a St. Louis postmaster.[4]

References

  1. Milltown on GNIS
  2. Stringtown, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1980
  3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 66-67, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  4. Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived). The State Historical Society of Missouri



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