Hitt, Missouri

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Hitt is an unincorporated community in northwest Scotland County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

The community is on Missouri Route B eight miles northwest of Memphis. The Missouri-Iowa border is 2.3 miles north of the community. [2]

History

A variant name was "Billupsville". [1] A post office called Billiopsville was established in 1859, the name was changed to Hitt in 1860, and the post office closed in 1914. [3] The present name honors Robert R. Hitt, an Illinois legislator. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hitt
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 16, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Scotland County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016.

40°33′49″N92°15′21″W / 40.56361°N 92.25583°W / 40.56361; -92.25583

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