Unincorporated community in the U.S. state of 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]
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]
References
^ 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 / 36.73722; -94.60583