Hickory Barren, Missouri

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Hickory Barren is an unincorporated community in northern Greene County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The community is on Missouri Route H, two miles north of Fellows Lake. Fair Grove is approximately four miles to the northeast. [2]

History

A post office called Hickory Barren was established in 1846, and remained in operation until 1906. [3] The community was named for a grove of hickory trees near the open, or "barren", town site. [4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hickory Barren, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 52, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Greene County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

37°20′52″N93°13′17″W / 37.34778°N 93.22139°W / 37.34778; -93.22139

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