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Douglas County is a county located in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,578. The county seat and only incorporated community is Ava. The county was officially organized on October 19, 1857, and is named after U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas (D-Illinois) and later Democratic presidential candidate.
Smallett is an unincorporated community in southern Douglas County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately nine miles south of Ava and is located on Missouri Supplemental Route A. It previously had its own post office from 1888-1967 with ZIP code 65750, but mail is now served by the post office in Ava. Some say Smallett was named for its first postmaster, James Small, while others believe the name honors another early settler.
Foil is an unincorporated community in northern Ozark County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately sixteen miles south of Ava on county roads 953 and 955. Wasola is about four miles northeast on Missouri Route 5 and Thornfield approximately three miles southwest on Missouri Route JJ. The community is on the banks of Little Creek, a tributary of Little North Fork White River.
Rome is an unincorporated community in southern Douglas County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Beaver Creek, approximately 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Ava on a county road one-half mile off the end of Route A and 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Smallett. Arno lies on Beaver Creek, about 7 miles (11 km) north and Brownbranch in Taney County lies on Beaver Creek, 4.6 miles (7.4 km) to the southwest.
Hebron is an unincorporated community in southeastern Douglas County, Missouri, United States. Hebron is located at the intersection of a county road with Hebron Hollow, which is a spring-fed tributary to the North Fork River to the southwest. Missouri Route 181 is approximately 3/4 mile to the east. Hebron Boat Access and campground is located on the North Fork, about two miles to the west on Missouri Route AA.
Merritt is an unincorporated community in southwestern Douglas County, Missouri, United States. Merritt is located west of Goodhope on Missouri Route T in the Little Beaver Creek valley.
Mill Hollow is a valley in northern Douglas County the Ozarks of southern Missouri.
Roosevelt is an unincorporated community in extreme southeastern Douglas County, Missouri, United States. Roosevelt lies on the east bank of Spring Creek on County Road 289, approximately 1.5 miles northeast of the junction of state routes 14 and 181 at Twin Bridges within the Mark Twain National Forest.
Roy is an unincorporated community in southwestern Douglas County, Missouri, United States. Roy is located on Missouri Route 76, south of the Goodhope junction on Missouri Route T. The village site is at an elevation of 1,263 ft (385 m) about 1.5 mile west of the Beaver Creek valley.
Silverton is an historic town in Douglas County, Missouri, United States. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. It was located along County Road 317 on Spring Creek, 1.7 miles (2.7 km) north-northeast of Wasola and 1.9 miles (3.1 km) west of the Hilo Cemetery, along Route N on Hilo Ridge. Although Hilo is listed as a variant name, the two were not at the same location.
Whites Creek is an Ozark stream in Douglas County, Missouri. It is a tributary of Hunter Creek.
Horton is an unincorporated community in northwest Howell County, in the Ozarks of southern Missouri, United States. The community is located within the Mark Twain National Forest, west of Missouri Route AP and approximately one-half mile east of the Douglas - Howell county line. The Noblett Lake recreation area on Noblett Creek is just to the northwest in Douglas County.
Jolly is an unincorporated community in eastern Newton County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. A variant name was "Jollification". The community is on Capps Creek approximately eight miles west-southwest of Monett in adjacent Barry County and five miles southwest of Pierce City in southwest Lawrence County.
Fay is an unincorporated community in southeastern Ozark County, in the Ozarks of south-central Missouri, United States. The community is located along Missouri Route J, approximately 2.5 miles south of U.S. Route 160. The Fay Cemetery lies just west of Route J and north of the Lick Creek - Sweeten Creek junction.
Luna is an extinct town in Ozark County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. The community is on a ridge between Bryant Creek to the east and Pine Creek to the west and is located on Missouri Route FF. Zanoni, on Missouri Route 181, lies approximately two miles to the northwest. The community church is one and one-half miles west on Caney Creek and Missouri Route AA. The Pine Creek confluence with Bryant Creek is one and one-quarter miles to the south, at the north end of Norfork Lake.
Ongo is an unincorporated community in northwestern Douglas County, Missouri, United States. Ongo is located on Missouri Route UU, on the north bank of Swan Creek. The Douglas-Christian county line is approximately one mile to the west. Missouri Route 14 is about two miles to the north and Honey Branch Cave, about one mile north.
Pansy, Missouri is a community and former post office in western Douglas County in the U.S. State of Missouri.
Olathia is a community in north-central Douglas County, Missouri United States. It is located approximately six miles southeast of Mansfield along Missouri Route U and is nine miles northeast of Ava. It is on a ridge between Puncheon Camp Creek one-half mile to the northeast and Bryant Creek one and a quarter mile to the southwest.
Biggs was an unincorporated community in northeast Douglas County, Missouri, United States.
Blanche is a community in southeast Douglas County in the U.S. state of Missouri.
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hest, Missouri
- ↑ Ava, MO,7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982
- ↑ Post offices of Douglas County, Missouri
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