House Springs, Missouri

House Springs is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located just off Route 30 at the intersection with Routes MM and W near Byrnes Mill.

A post office has been in operation at House Springs since 1833.[2] The community is named after Adam House, who settled there ca. 1795, and who was killed near a spring by Native Americans.[3]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: House Springs, Missouri
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  3. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 181.

Coordinates: 38°24′32″N 90°34′12″W / 38.40889°N 90.57000°W / 38.40889; -90.57000


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