Stone Hill, Missouri

Stone Hill
Unincorporated community
Stone Hill
Coordinates: 37°36′06″N91°20′31″W / 37.60167°N 91.34194°W / 37.60167; -91.34194
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Dent County
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

Stone Hill is an unincorporated community in eastern Dent County, Missouri. ^[1]

The community is on a county road just east of Missouri Route 72, approximately ten miles (16 km) east-southeast of Salem. Stone Hill Branch flows past the south side of the community to its confluence with the Meramec River two point five miles (4.0 km) to the west. Howes Mill is two point five miles (4.0 km) to the east-northeast on Missouri Route 32. ^{[2] [3]}

History

A post office called Stone Hill was established in 1876, and remained in operation until 1954. ^[4] The community takes its name from a nearby river bluff of the same name. ^[5]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stone Hill, Missouri
2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 55 ISBN   0899332242
3. Stone Hill, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1981
4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
5. "Dent County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.