Mill Hollow

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Roadside park in Mill Hollow adjacent to Missouri Route 5 Missouri Route 5 Roadside Park.jpg
Roadside park in Mill Hollow adjacent to Missouri Route 5

Mill Hollow is a valley in northern Douglas County the Ozarks of southern Missouri. [1]

The headwaters of the stream that occupies the hollow are at 37°01′28″N92°38′26″W / 37.02444°N 92.64056°W / 37.02444; -92.64056 and the confluence with Bryant Creek is at 37°02′06″N92°36′33″W / 37.03500°N 92.60917°W / 37.03500; -92.60917 . [1] The stream in the valley is fed by a perennial spring with its source near the upper reaches of the valley. Missouri Route 5 runs parallel to the valley on the southeast side. [2] [3] The valley is the location of Ava Roadside Park which lies adjacent to Route 5 five miles north of Ava.

Mill Hollow was named for a mill which once stood in the valley in the 1830s. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mill Hollow
  2. Cedar Gap, Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle USGS, 1951 (revised 1985)
  3. Mansfield, Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle USGS, 1951 (revised 1985)
  4. "Douglas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)