Hartshorn, Missouri

Hartshorn is an unincorporated community in eastern Texas County, Missouri, United States.[1] The community is located on Missouri Route KK, approximately six miles north of Summersville and fifteen miles east of Houston.[2]

A post office called Hartshorn has been in operation since 1891.[3] Hartshorn Cole, an early postmaster, gave the community his first name.[4]

Notable people

• Teddy Joseph Von Nukem (1987–2023), white nationalist and far-right extremist[5]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hartshorn, Missouri
2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
4. "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
5. Niemietz, Brian (February 15, 2023). "Far-right activist Teddy Von Nukem reportedly dead by suicide". Lawton Constitution. Archived from the original on February 15, 2023. Retrieved February 15, 2023.

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